Cervical Vertebrae features

Question 1

C3-6

Answer 1

Vertebral body
small/oval
uncinate processes
Vertebral arch, foramen
Spinous process

Transverse Processes:
transverse foramen
anterior/posterior tubercles

Superior Articular processes:
directed superoposterior

Inferior articular processes:
directed inferoanterior
facets are oblique but nearly horizontal

Question 2

C7 Atypical Vertebra difference Vertebral vein only

Answer 2

vertebral body is larger

spinous process in NOT bifid but long and slender( vertebrae prominens)

Question 3

C1 Atypical Vertebra Atlas Atypical Features

Answer 3

Missing: vertebral body
spinous process
articular processes

Anterior arch:
anterior tubercle (on its anterior surface)
facet for the dens (posterior surface)

Question 4

Posterior Arch of C1

Answer 4

posterior tubercle
groove for vertebral artery (superior surface)

Question 5

Lateral masses of C1

Answer 5

superior facet: concave is concave directed superiorly
inferior facet directed inferiorly

Question 6

C2 Aytpical Vertebra Typical features

Answer 6

vertebral arch
foramen
spinous process
transverse process
foramen
inferior articular

Question 7

C2 Atypical Features

Answer 7

vertebal body had a superior body called odontoid process
superior articular facets are directed superiorly to support C1