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THE AXIAL SKELETON 



Vertebra r -A 



I Carotid ) 

 tubercle 



Tuberculum I ., 



caroticum ) 



Spine of the seventh 



cervical vertebra 

 (vertebra prominens) 



Cervica 



Vertebrae 



I. VII. 



Vertebrae 

 cervicales 



Vert. 13 



-"'Intervertebral 



foramina 

 Foramina 

 intervertebralia 



Dorsal 

 vertebras 

 I. XII. 



Vertebrae 

 thoracales 



Vert. 24-- 



Sacral promontory ;^ 

 Promontorium | 



Vert. 25 > 



, Inter /ertebral 



foramina 

 Foraaii'ia 

 in ;cr /ertebralia 



Lumbar 



vertebrae 



I. V. 



Vertebrae 

 lumbales 



Sacral vertebra 

 I.-V. 



Os sacrum 

 Vert, sacrales 



SEEN FROM THE FRONT. 



The coccyx 



Coocygeal vertebra) 



I. V. 



Os coccygis 



SEEN FROM BEHIND. 



p IG> 37 . THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN AS A WHOLE. CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE 



OF THE VERTEBRAE. 



Columna vertebralis The spinal column. 



