Advanced Anatomy - Characteristics of the Vertebrae and Atypical Vertebrae

cervical

Which vertebrae type has transverse foramen?

cervical

Which vertebrae type has vertebral foramina that are triangular in shape?

cervical

Which vertebrae type has a bifid spinous process (not present 100% of the time)?

cervical

Which vertebrae type has uncinate processes?

uncovertebral joints

Uncinate processes form…

cervical

Which vertebrae type has spinous processes that are at the level of the facet joints and body of the same numbered vertebrae?

thoracic

Which vertebrae type has circular vertebral foramina?

thoracic

Which vertebrae type has heart-shaped vertebral bodies?

thoracic

Which vertebrae type has sharp, inferiorly directed spinous processes?

thoracic

Which vertebrae type has superior and inferior costal demifacets on the vertebral body?

lumbar

Which vertebrae type has a massive, D-shaped vertebral body?

lumbar

Which vertebrae type has a blunt, rudder-shaped spinous process?

lumbar

Which vertebrae type has mamillary processes?

lumbar

Which vertebrae type has vertebral foramina that are oval to triangular?

sacral

Which vertebrae type is fused to form a wedge-shaped bone?