Vertebra Flashcards
Body
Disc Shaped anterior part
Pedicles
Two “posts” that attach the body to the rest of the bone
Lamina
Two flat pieces that fuse to form the spinous process
Spinous Process
Posterior most projection
Transverse processes
a pair of lateral projections
Intervertebral Discs
Pad of fibrocartilage that cushions between the bodies of adjacent vertebra
intervertebral foramen
lateral openings between adjacent bones for the passage of spinal nerves
vertebral foramen
hole through which the spinal cord travels
Types of Vertebra
1)Cervical 2)thoracic 3)lumbar 4)Sacrum 5)Coccyx
Cervical Vertebra
most superior 7 bones only vertebra with transverse foramina
Special Cervical Vertebra
C1- Atlas C2- Axis
Thoracic Vertebra
Inferior to Cervical vertebra Next 12 Vertebra
Lumbar Vertebra
Inferior to thoracic Next 5 Vertebra
Sacrum
Inferior to lumbar Five bones fused into one triangular bones
Coccyx
Four bones fused into one bone