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Regional Vertebral Characteristics

Cervical vertebra, lateral view

Cervical vertebra, lateral view

The lateral view of a typical cervical vertebra. 

This is a drawing of a lateral view of a typical cervical vertebra. It calls out these features of the vertebral body: the superior articular surface, the articular pillar, spinous process, posterior tubercle of transverse process, sulcus for nerve, and the anterior tubercle of transverse process.

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