Axial Skeleton - Vertebral Column
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Bones of the human skeleton.
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What are the four parts of a vertebra?
Body.
Vertebral foramen (spinal canal).
Spinous process.
Transverse process.
What are the five regions of the vertebral column called, and how many vertebrae are in each region?
Also, note which two regions have fused vertebrae.
Cervical (7).
Thoracic (12).
Lumbar (5).
Sacral (4 to 5 fused).
Coccygeal (4 to 5 fused).
What are the first two cervical vertebrae called?
The first two cervical vertebrae are the atlas (C1) and the axis (C2).
Which bone is this?
(Superior view).
The atlas (C1).
Which bone is this?
(Inferior view).
The atlas (C1).
Which bone is this?
(Superior view).
The axis (C2).
Which bone is this?
(Inferior view).
The axis (C2).
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Lateral view, right side).
The body.
Cervical vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Superior view).
The body.
Cervical vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Superior view).
The vertebral foramen (spinal canal).
Cervical vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Superior view).
The spinous process.
Cervical vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Lateral view, right side).
The spinous process.
Cervical vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Posterior view).
The spinous process.
Cervical vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Lateral view, right side).
The tranverse process.
Cervical vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Posterior view).
The tranverse process.
Cervical vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Superior view).
The tranverse process.
Cervical vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Lateral view, right side).
The body.
Thoracic vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Superior view).
The body.
Thoracic vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Superior view).
The vertebral foramen (spinal canal).
Thoracic vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Lateral view, right side).
The spinous process.
Thoracic vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Superior view).
The spinous process.
Thoracic vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Posterior view).
The spinous process.
Thoracic vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Lateral view, right side).
The transverse process.
Thoracic vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Superior view).
The transverse process.
Thoracic vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Posterior view).
The transverse process.
Thoracic vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Lateral view, right side).
The body.
Lumbar vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Superior view).
The body.
Lumbar vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Superior view).
The vertebral foramen (spinal canal).
Lumbar vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Lateral view, right side).
The spinous process.
Lumbar vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Superior view).
The spinous process.
Lumbar vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Posterior view).
The spinous process.
Lumbar vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Lateral view, right side).
The transverse process.
Lumbar vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Superior view).
The transverse process.
Lumbar vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What type of vertebra is this (which region is this vertebra from)?
(Posterior view).
The transverse process.
Lumbar vertebra.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What is the proper name for this entire bone structure?
(Lateral view).
The spinous processes.
The vertebral column.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What is the proper name for this entire bone structure?
(Posterior view).
The spinous processes.
The vertebral column.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What is the proper name for this entire bone structure?
(Posterior view).
The transverse processes.
The vertebral column.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What region of the vertebral column is this?
(Lateral view).
The spinous processes.
Cervical vertebrae.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What region of the vertebral column is this?
(Posterior view).
The spinous processes.
Cervical vertebrae.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What region of the vertebral column is this?
(Posterior view).
The transverse processes.
Cervical vertebrae.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What region of the vertebral column is this?
(Lateral view).
The spinous processes.
Thoracic vertebrae.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What region of the vertebral column is this?
(Posterior view).
The spinous processes.
Thoracic vertebrae.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What region of the vertebral column is this?
(Posterior view).
The transverse processes.
Thoracic vertebrae.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What region of the vertebral column is this?
(Lateral view).
The spinous processes.
Lumbar vertebrae.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What region of the vertebral column is this?
(Posterior view).
The spinous processes.
Lumbar vertebrae.
What part of the vertebra is highlighted?
What region of the vertebral column is this?
(Posterior view).
The transverse processes.
Lumbar vertebrae.
What are the highlighted portions called?
What region of the vertebral column is this?
Intervertebral discs.
Cervical vertebrae.
What are the highlighted portions called?
What region of the vertebral column is this?
Intervertebral discs.
Thoracic vertebrae.
What are the highlighted portions called?
What region of the vertebral column is this?
Intervertebral discs.
Lumbar vertebrae.
What are the highlighted portions called?
Intervertebral discs (fibrocartilage).
What are the intervertebral discs of the vertebral column made of?
Fibrocartilage.
What is the highlighted bone called?
(Posterior view).
The sacrum.
What is this bone called?
The sacrum (sacral).
What is the highlighted bone called?
(Posterior view).
The coccyx (coccygeal).
What is the highlighted bone called?
(Lateral view).
The coccyx (coccygeal).
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