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anatomical features of vertebral column |
protect support body weight (superior to pelvis) provide partly rigid and flexible axis for body and head base posture and locomotion |
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vertebra |
irregular bone with complex structure composed of bone and hyaline cartilage |
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vertebral column composed of |
composed of vertebrae and intervertebral disc and assc ligaments |
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types of vertebrae |
cervical thoracic lumbar sacral coccygeal |
7 12 5 5 fused 4 fused variation exists |
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fused means |
united together so no motion occur |
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vertebra |
superior view body pedicle vertebral foramen s. articular facets transverse process lamina spinous process |
posterior view s articular facets lamina transverse process spinous process |
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atypical vertebrae |
c1 atlas c2 axis |
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c1 atlas |
no body or spinous process lateral masses for weight bearing anterior and posterior arches with tubercles groove for vertebral artery facets for dens |
tubercle-small rounded projection dens(toothlike projection) articulate with facet |
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articulation means |
2 or more bones meet for joint formation in body |
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c2 axis |
dens-toothlike projection facet for atlas |
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c3-6 |
transverse foramen |
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