Anterior Spinal Column

Atlas (C1)

Cervical
Vertebrae

Thoracic
Vertebrae

Lumbar
Vertebrae

Sacrum

Odontoid process
(anterior articular facet)

Axis
C2

Spinal
Anatomy

Superior articular facet

Axis (C2)
Transverse
process
Body

C7
T1

Anterior tubercle of
transverse process

Left Lateral View

of Spinal Column

Body

Superior
articular
facet

Groove for
vertebral artery
Posterior tubercle

C5

Posterior Spinal Column

Inferior articular
process
Vertebral foramen

Spinous process
Costal Facet for
The 1st Rib on T7

Transverse Process
Spinous Process
Anterior tubercle
Transverse foramen
Posterior tubercle

C7

Superior articular
facet (process)

Inferior
articular process

Lamina
(Arch)
Thoracic Curve
(Kyphotic)

Spinous process
Superior Costal Facet
Transverse Costal Facet

T12

Inferior Costal Facet

Vertebral Body

Horizontal section through

an intervertebral disc
Nucleus pulposus

L1

Intervertebral Disc

Anulus fibrosus

Superior articular
process and facet

Intervertebral
Foramina

Body

Superior facet for

head of rib

Transverse
costal facet

T6
Lateral view
Superior Articular
Process

L5

Inferior facet for head of rib

Sacral
Ala

Spinous
process

Mammillary Process

Lumbar
Curve
(Lordotic)

Inferior vertebral notch

Pedicle

Inferior
articular
process

Inferior
Articular
Process

Sacral
Brim

T10
Superior view

Transverse
Ridges

Spinous process
Transverse process

Lamina

Facet for tubercle

of rib

Anterior Sacral
Foramina

Superior articular process

Apex of Sacrum
Vertebral
foramen

Facet for head of rib

Coccyx

Articular Surface
of Sacrum

Sacral
Curve

Body

Ligamenta flava connecting

two thoracic vertebrae.
Intervertebral
foramen
Ligamentum
flavum
Interspinous
ligament

Nucleus
pulposus

L3 Vertebra
Mammillary process

Pedicle

Anulus fibrosus

Vertebral
foramen

Intervertebral
disc

Inferior
vertebral notch

Ligamentum flavum

Vertebral
body

Vertebral foramen

Groove for
spinal nerve

Superior articular
Lamina
facet (process)
(Arch)

Zygopophyseal Joint

Transverse
process

Atlas
C1

Transverse foramen

Posterior tubercle of
transverse process

Cervical
Curve

Tubercle for transverse

ligament of atlas
Lateral mass
Transverse foramen

Facet for odontoid process

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Inferior articular facet

Anterior tubercle

Posterior Sacral
Foramina
Spinous process

Superior articular
process

Transverse process

Lateral Sacral
Crest
Medial Sacral
Crest

Sacral Hiatus

Coccyx