Tufts DPT Anatomy: Week 5 Structures of the Spine

Cervical lordosis

Thoracic Kyphosis

lumbar lordosis

Cervicle Vertebrae C1-C7

Lamina of vertebrae (thoracic)

pedicle of vertebrae

transverse foramen of cervical vertebrae

body of vertebrae

bifid spinous process

uncinate process

uncinate process

atlas c1

lumbar transverse process

vertebral foramen

axis c2

dens

articular process (cervical)

Facet of cervical vertebrae

facets for rib articulation (thoracic)

costovertebral joint

costotransverse joint

spinous process (thoracic)

Lumbar Vertebrae (L1-L5)

Thoracic Vertebrae (T1-T12)

intervertebral foramen

vertebral foramen

What runs through the vertebral foramen?

higher motor neurons (brain, SC)

What runs through the intervertebral foramen?

Lower Motor neurons

Lumbar facet joints

intertransverse ligament

intertransverse ligament

costotransverse ligament

anterior longitudinal ligament (ALL)

posterior longitudinal ligament (PLL)

ligamentum flavum

interspinous ligament

intervertebral disk

annulus fibrosis

nucleus propulsus

tectorial membrane cervical vertebrae

alar ligament

transverse ligament of atlas

cruciate ligaments

inferior longitudinal bands of cruciate ligament

Upper Trapezius

Lower Trapezius

middle trapezius

latissimus dorsi

rhomboid minor

rhomboid major

Serratus Posterior Superior

Serratus Posterior Inferior

iliocostalis lumborum

iliocostalis thoracis

iliocostalis cervicis

longissimus capitis

Longissimus Cervicis

longissimus thoracis

spinalis thoracis

spinalis cervicis

spinalis capitus

splenius capitus

Splenius Cervicis

levator scapulae

thoracolumbar fascia

semispinalis

multifidus

Rotatores

interspinalis

levator costorum

Intertransversarii

rectus capitis posterior minor

greater occipital nerve

rectus capitis posterior major

Obliquus capitis superior

Obliquus capitis inferior

suboccipital triangle

suboccipital nerve

CNS

brain + spinal cord

dura matter

arachnoid matter

pia matter

conus medullaris

Cauda Equina

filum terminale

posterior nerves

afferent (sensory)

anterior nerves

efferent (structure)