(Netter Basic Science) Frank H. Netter - Atlas of Human Anatomy-Elsevier (2018)

Cervical Vertebrae: Uncovertebral Joints
See also Plate 29
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Cervical vertebrae: anterior view
Anterior tubercle of atlas
Atlas (C1)
Axis (C2)
C3
C4
C5
C6
Dens of axis
Anterior arch of atlas
Anterior tubercle
Posterior tubercle
Transverse foramen
Intervertebral foramen (for C3 spinal nerve)
Intervertebral disc
Vertebral body
Inferior articular process (C3)
Superior articular process (C4)
Groove for spinal nerve
Uncus
Carotid tubercle (of
Chassaignac)
Uncinate processes
1st rib
Transverse process
Articular cartilage on dens for median
atlantoaxial joint
Lateral atlantoaxial joint
Facet (zygapophysial)
joint between C2 and C3
C7
Atlas (C1)
T1
Axis (C2)
Transverse foramen
Uncinate processes
Anulus fibrosus
Uncovertebral joints (clefts of Luschka)
Nucleus pulposus
Transverse process
Intervertebral foramen (for C7 spinal nerve)
Vertebral body (C7)
The uncovertebral joints of the cervical spine: anterior view
(C3 to C7 have been sectioned coronally to expose the joints)
T1
Bones and Ligaments Plate 28
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