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10 Cards in this Set
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regions |
cervical (7) Thoracic (12) lumbar (5) sacral (5) coccyx (4)
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General features |
vetebral canal intervertebral foramina intervertebral discs |
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vertebrae characteristics |
a. body: centrum b. vertebral arch -lamina -pedicles vertebral foramen spinous process transverse processes articular processess and facets (superior and inferior) |
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specialized vertebrae: atlas |
C1 absence of body facet of dens posterior tubercle |
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specialized vertebrae: axis |
C2 dens (odontoid process) all other features of cervical vertebrae |
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cervical vertebrae |
C1-C7 transverse foramina bifid spinous processes (2-5) vertebrae prominens oblique angle of spinous process
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Thoracic vertebrae |
T1-T12 Absence of special cervical features demi facets (for head of rib on body) articular facets (for tubercle of rib on transverse processes) |
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Lumbar vertebrae |
L1-L5 absence of special cervical or thoracic features large articular facets
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Sacrum
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S1-S5 Body of first sacral vertebra median sacral column median sacral crest superior articulating processes and facets sacral formina sacral canal sacral hiatus articular surface transverse line alae |
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coccyx
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Co1-Co4 apex |
