Sections Of The Vertebrae

The cervical spine the neck has seven vertebral bodies also called segments.
Sections of the vertebrae. The seven cervical vertebrae begin at the base of the skull and extend down to the thoracic spine. 5 fused vertebrae s1 s5 coccyx. Vertebrae intervertebral discs spinal cord and nerves muscles facet joints ligaments and tendons.
T1 to t12 and are the chest back bones of the spinal. Anatomy of the backbone cervical spine. The vertebral body forms the anterior part of each vertebrae.
This section is made up of 12 vertebrae abbr. Cervical vertebrae anatomy animation. These are the.
Thoracic spine upper back made up of 12 thoracic vertebrae known as t1 to t12 which are attached to the rib bones. The laminae give attachment to the ligamenta flava ligaments of the spine. The posterior part of a vertebra forms a vertebral arch in eleven parts consisting of two pedicles two laminae and seven processes.
The first cervical segment called the atlas is a ring that does not have a vertebral body. The spine s four sections from top to bottom are the cervical neck thoracic abdomen lumbar lower back and sacral toward tailbone. The arch extends a spinous process projection downward and backward that may be felt as a series of bumps down the back and two transverse processes one to either side which provide attachment for muscles and ligaments.
4 3 5 fused vertebrae tailbone. This section is made up of 7 vertebrae abbr. Cervical c1 c7 vertebrae thoracic t1 t12 vertebrae and lumbar l1 l5 vertebrae.