7 HE ARTICULA1IONS Ot< THE TRUNK 



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Third cervical vertebra 

 Vertebra cervicalis III. 



Costotransverse facet 



Fovea costalis transversalis 



Capsule of the joint of the articular 

 processes 



Capsula articulationis intervertebralis 



Third dorsal vertebra 

 Vertebra thoracalis III. 



Posterior costotransverse 



ligament 

 Lig. tuberculi costsc 



' Capsule of the joint of the 

 articular pro3rsses 



Capsula articulationis it tervertebralis 



FIG. 411. THIRD, FOURTH, AND 

 FIFTH CERVICAL VERTEBRA 



SEEN FROM THE RlGHT ll 



i ' Ittterarticular costocentral ligament 



Lig. capituli costse interartictilare 



.' Capsule of the costocentral articulation 



Capsula arlicuhitionis capituli 



Superior articular facet 



Facies articularis superior^ 



Mamillary process 



Processus mamillaris 



Accessory process 



Processus accessorius 



Capsule of the joint of the 

 articular processes 



Capsula articulationis intervertebralis 



FIG. 412. THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH DORSAL VERTEBRAE 



SEEN FROM THE RlGHT SlDE. 



_- Second lumbar vertebra 

 Vertebra lumbalis II. 



Intervertebral disc 

 Fibrocartilago intervertebralis 



FIG. 413. SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH LUMBAR VERTEBRAE SEEN FROM THE RIGHT AND 



FROM BEHIND. 



THE DIRECTION OF THE ARTICULAR SURFACES AND THE CONNEXIONS OF THE CAPSULES 

 OF THE JOINTS OF THE ARTICULAR PROCESSES IN THE CERVICAL, DORJAL, AND LUMBAR 

 VERTEBRAE RESPECTIVELY. 



The Synovial Articulations of the Vertebral Column, 



