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nerves passed, are formed by adjacent notches, or grooves, in 

 the contiguous vertebrae. 



(/) The two projections extending anteriorly from the ring 

 of one vertebra fit against two corresponding processes ex- 



Hole for Blood Tubes 



Body - 



Anterior Articular Facet 



.. Neural Arch 



Spinous Process 



Neural Ring 



Anterior View of Cervical Vertebra 



Body 



Spinous Process 



Fig. 101. Left Side View of Cervical Vertebra. 



tending posteriorly from the other vertebra. These are the 

 Anterior and Posterior Articulating Processes. 



Each vertebra, then, has seven processes, four articulating 

 (two anterior and two posterior), two transverse, and one 

 spinous. 



