vertebra

One of the segments of the vertebral column. Structure: - in humans there are generally 33 vertebrae, 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral (fused into one bone, the sacrum) & 4 coccygeal (fused into one bone, the coccyx).

Related

cervical spine (C-spine) coccyx lumbar spine sacrum thoracic spine vertebral anomaly

Specific

10th thoracic vertebra (T10) 11th thoracic vertebra (T11) 12th thoracic vertebra (T12) 1st cervical vertebra (C1)-atlas 1st lumbar vertebra (L1) 1st sacral vertebra (S1) 1st thoracic vertebra (T1) 2nd cervical vertebra (C2)-axis 2nd lumbar vertebra (L2) 2nd thoracic vertebra (T2) 3rd cervical vertebra 3rd lumbar vertebra (L3) 3rd thoracic vertebra (T3) 4th cervical vertebra 4th lumbar vertebra (L4) 4th thoracic vertebra (T4) 5th cervical vertebra 5th lumbar vertebra (L5) 5th thoracic vertebra (T5) 6th cervical vertebra 6th thoracic vertebra (T6) 7th cervical vertebra, (vertebra prominens) 7th thoracic vertebra (T7) 8th thoracic vertebra (T8) 9th thoracic vertebra (T9) articular process of vertebra centrum of a vertebra coccygeal vertebra [Co1-Co4] (tail vertebra) costovertebral sacral vertebrae spinous process of vertebra transverse process of vertebra vertebral arch vertebral lamina (lamina of vertebral arch) vertebral pedicle

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995

Components

articular process of vertebra spinous process of vertebra transverse process of vertebra vertebral arch