Individual vertebral anatomy

transverse plane view of vertebra

  • Vertebral Body
  • Vertebral Arch
    • Pedicle
    • Lamina
  • Spinal Canal
  • Vertebral Processes
    • Spinous Process
    • Transverse Process
    • Superior and inferior articulating processes
  • Facet (zygapophyseal) joint

frontal plane view of vertebra Frontal plane of intervertebral joint, courtesy of the University of Houston

Last updated 10-17-01 ©Dave Thompson PT
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