vertebra

Introduction

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).

More general terms

• bone

More specific terms

• 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

Additional terms

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

Component of

• vertebral column

Components

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