ELEMENTARY PHYSIOLOGY 



body, is called the spinous process. Two other processes arise 

 from the sides of the ring, and are called lateral processes. 



B 



Fig. ii. A Dorsal Vertebra (6th). 



A viewed from above ; B, viewed from the right side, i, body ; 2, spinal cavity ; 3, spinoms 

 process ; 4, lateral processes. 



Fig. 12. A Cervical Vertebra (3rd). 



A, viewed from above ; B, viewed from the right side. Numbers as in fig. n. 



Fig. 13. A Lumbar Vertebra (3rd). 



A, viewed from above ; B, viewed from the right side. Numbers as in Fig. n. 



These projections from the vertebrae serve as places of attachment 

 for the ligaments which hold the bones firmly together ; and also 



