Vertebral Column and Back I

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How many cervical vertebrae?

7

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How many thoracic vertebrae?

12

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How many lumbar vertebrae?

5

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How many sacral vertebrae?

5 fused to form the sacrum

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How many coccygeal vertebrae?

4 fused to form the coccyx

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Vertebral body

Purpose: structural support

Relation: intervertebral discs, superior and inferior

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Vertebral arch

Contains paired laminae and pedicles

Pedicles project to join laminae

Laminae unite at the midline

Relations:

superior/inferior notches to pedicles, forming intervertebral foramen for spinal nerves

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Vertebral processes

Spinous process in midline

Two transverse processes laterally

Four articulate processes (zygapophyses), two superior and two inferior

Pars interarticularis = bone in between superior/inferior

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Identifying C3-C6

“Typical” vertebrae

Small body with raised margins