Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
• Describe the vertebral segments and the number of vertebrae in each segment.
• Summary
• List of references
• Lumbar 5 vertebrae
• Sacral 5 vertebrae
• Coccygeal 4; 3 to 5 vertebrae
• Total of 33
Primary
• Thoracic
• Sacral
Secondary
• Cervical
• Lumbar
Possesses 2 components
• Body
• Vertebral arch
Pedicles 2
• Superior notch
• Inferior notch
Laminae 2
Processes 7
• Transverse 2
• Articular 4
• Spinous 1
General features
• Uncinate processes
• Transverse foramina
• Tubercles
• Anterior
• Posterior
Features
• Posterior tubercle CI
Unique features
• No body
• Lateral masses
• Arches
• Anterior
• Posterior
• Tubercles
• Anterior
• Posterior
Signature feature
• Other features
Signature feature
• Costal facets
• Body
• Transverse processes
Other features
Features
• Large bodies
• Mammillary processes
• Accessory processes
Features
• Sacral canal
• Posterior foramina
Features
• Sacral promontory
• Ala
• Sacral apex
• Anterior foramina
Feature
• 3 to 5
• Cornua
• Inferior above
• Superior below
• Cervical oblique
• Thoracic AP
• Lumbar lateral
• Range of motion
• Intervertebral discs
• Anulus fibrosus
• Nucleus pulposus
• Occiput to sacrum
• Vertebral bodies
• Intervertebral discs
• CII to sacrum
• Vertebral bodies
• Intervertebral discs
• Between laminae
• Intervertebral discs
during flexion
during flexion
protuberance
• Limits flexion
• Vertebral articulations and attendant ligaments confer and limit range of motion