The cervical spine (the neck) has seven vertebral bodies, also called segments.
View Vertebrae Anatomy Cervical Thoracic Lumbar Images. The anatomy of a typical thoracic vertebra is shown in figure 7.4a. Truncal vertebrae (divided into thoracic and lumbar vertebrae in mammals) lie caudal.
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Radiographical anatomy of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine. In addition, the rib cage and ligament systems limit the thoracic spine's range of motion and protect many vital. Viewed laterally, the vertebral column presents several curves that correspond to the column's different regions—the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral.
The cervical vertebrae gently curve inward, while the thoracic spine curves gently outward, followed by the lumbar spine, which curves inward again.
Individual vertebrae of the human vertebral column can be felt and used as surface anatomy. These structures make the thoracic spine more stable than the cervical or lumbar regions. They exhibit costal facets on each side at the junction of the vertebral body and the pedicle and on the transverse. The disc height is slightly less than cervical vertebrae.
