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71 The spine

Transverse
process
True
transverse Head of rib
process
Facet for dens
Costal
element Spine Facet for Dens
occipital Position of transverse
Anterior condyles ligament
and posterior Superior
tubercles of articular facet
transverse Foramen
process transversarium
Fig.71.1
A cervical vertebra. Transverse
The anterior tubercles of the transverse processes process
represent the costal elements Foramen
transversarium
Groove for
Facet Demifacet for rib vertebral artery
for rib Posterior
Fig.71.2 tubercle
Intervertebral foramen
The upper surface of the atlas.
Spine
Intervertebral disc
The dotted area shows the position of the dens
Body and the dotted line indicates the transverse
ligament
Spine
Lamina Transverse process
Facet for rib
Articular facet (superior)
Pedicle
Demifacet for rib
Interspinous ligament
Vertebral canal
Ligamentum
Fig.71.3 Supraspinous ligament
Body flavum
Thoracic vertebra.
The articular facets lie on Spine
the arc of a circle, thus
permitting rotation
Intertransverse
Superior
articular ligament
facet

Body Anterior longitudinal
ligament
Fig.71.4 Intervertebral disc
A lumbar vertebra. Posterior longitudinal ligament
The direction of the articular facets Fig.71.5
does not permit rotation The ligaments joining two adjacent vertebrae

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