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THE AXIAL SKELETON 



Posterior tubercle 

 Tuberculum posterius 



Anterior tubercle 

 Tuberculum anterius 



Groove for spinal nerve 



Sulcus nervi spinalis 



Body 



Corpus vertebrae 



Inferior vertebral notch 



Incisura vertebralis inferior 



, I Superior articular processes 

 .. \Prccessus articulares superiores 



L 



Inferior articular facet 



Facies articularis inferior 



._ Spinous process 

 Processus spinosus 



FIG. 42. SEEN FROM THE LEFT SIDE. 



Body 



Corpus vertebrae 



Transerve process 

 Processus transversus 



Anterior tubercle 



Tuberculum anterius 



Posterior tubercle 

 Tuberculum posterius 

 Inferior articular facet 

 Facies articularis inferior 



FIG. 43. SEEN FROM BEFORE. 



Spinous process 

 Processus spinosus 



Spinal foramen 



..'Foramen vertebrale 



^Lamina 

 ,- '"'Arcus vertebrae 



Inferior articular process 

 Processus articularis inferior 



Transverse process 

 Processus transversus 



Groove for spinal nerve 

 Sulcus nervi spinalis 



Superior articular facet 

 -Facies articularis superior 



Posterior tubercle 

 Tuberculum posterius 



Costo-trans verse foramen 

 Foramen transversarium 



' -..Anterior tubercle 



Tuberculum anterius 



FIG. 44. SEEN FROM ABOVE. 



Spinous process 

 -""Processus spinosus 



Lamina 



Arcus vertebrae 



Pedicle 



Radix arcus vertebrae 



Inferior articular facet 

 Fpcies articularis inferior 



Costo-transverse foramen 

 Foramen transversarium 



FIG. 45. SEEN FROM BELOW. 



Vertebrae : Vertebra cervicalis V. Fifth cervical vertebra. 



