Identify the structures labeled in the following diagrams Id

Identify the structures labeled in the following diagrams. Identify the bones by using the colors indicated.

Solution

The various parts of vertebra are labelled as follows:

35. Spinous process

36. Transverse process

37. Body

38. Vertebral foramen

39. Superior articular facet

40. Superior articular facet

41. Inferior articular facet

42. Lamina

43. Pedicle

Note: 1. From numbers 35-37 are parts of thoracic vertebrae. Also the last image is the 6th thoracic vertebra

2. From number 38-41 shows cervical vertebrae.

3. From number 42-43 hows lumbar vertebrae.