BonesandLigaments

Plate20



Bifid spinous process

Inferior articular process and facet

Lamina

Vertebral foramen

Pedicle

Posterior tubercle

Anterior tubercle

Transverse process

Vertebral body

Articular surface of right uncinate

process

Groove for spinal nerve (C4)

Inferior articular process

C3

Inferior aspect

Left uncinate process

C4

Superior aspect

Foramen transversarium

Costal lamella

Area for articulation of left uncinate process of C4

Superior articular process and facet

Inferior aspect of C3 and superior aspect of C4 showing the sites of the facet and uncovertebral articulations

4th cervical vertebra: anterior view

7th cervical vertebra: anterior view

Spinous process

Uncinate process

Articular surface

Anterior

tubercle

Posterior

tubercle

Transverse process

Body

Lamina

Superior articular process

Inferior

articular

facet

Foramen transversarium

7th cervical vertebra (vertebra prominens): superior view

Articular surface of uncinate process

Foramen transversarium (septated)

Groove for C7 spinal nerve

Superior articular process and facet

Transverse process (posterior tubercle)

Vertebral foramen

Inferior articular process

Spinous process

Body

Uncinate process

Costal lamella

Foramen transversarium*

Inconspicuous anterior tubercle

(transverse process)

Pedicle

Lamina

Uncinate process

Articular surface

Anterior tubercle

(inconspicuous)

Posterior tubercle

Transverse

process

*The foramina transversaria of C7 transmit vertebral veins, but usually not the vertebral artery, and are asymmetrical in this specimen.

Superior articular process

Septated foramen transversarium

Costal lamella

Bony spicule

dividing foramen

transversarium

Inferior articular facet for T1

Body

CervicalVertebrae(continued)

See±also±

Plates 21, 22

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