Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus V: Skeletal Systems
Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
1 |
atlas |
2 |
axis |
3 |
fifth cervical |
4 |
seventh cervical with supernumerary ribs |
5 |
middle thoracic |
6 |
first thoracic, with costal arch and sternum attached |
7 |
therd lumbar |
8 |
first lumbar with supernumerary rubs |
9 |
fifth lumbar |
10 |
first sacral |
11 |
lumbo-sacral vertebra |
12 |
fourth sacral vertebra in a young subject |
13 |
four coccygeal vertebrae |
In the several figures the parts are indicated by letters as follows:
1 |
s |
spine |
n |
neural arch |
|
c' |
the space occupied by the dens, or displaced centrum |
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h |
anterior arch |
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ar |
superior articular surface |
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2 |
c" |
dens |
ar |
superior articular surface |
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z' |
inferior articular process |
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3 |
c |
corpus |
z, z' |
superior and inferior articualr processes |
|
4 |
t |
transverse process |
v |
vertebrarterial foramen |
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co |
movable right supernumerary or cervical rib |
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x |
with a dotted line marking the place where an ankylosed rib on the left side may be considered top be superadded to the transverse process of the vertebra |
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5 |
t |
transverse process with costal fovea |
cc |
fovea costalis |
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4 and 6 |
v |
vascular interval |
ct |
costo-transverse |
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cc |
costo-central articulations |
|
co |
first rib |
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7 |
m |
processus mamillaris |
a |
processus accessorius |
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t |
processus transversus |
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8 |
co, co' |
supernumerary ribs |
10 |
l |
pars lateralis |
11 |
e' |
place of pars lateralis remaining undeveloped in this instance |
12 |
tl |
transverse process and pars lateralis, which unite wit hthe corresponding parts on the preceding vertebrae |
f, f' |
anterior and posterior sacral foramina thus formed |
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13 |
c |
corpus which alone remains in the lower coccygeal vertebrae |
From Schafer, E.A., Symington, J. and T.H. Bryce, 1915.
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