common features of vertebrae

Question 1

disc-like, weight- bearing part of the vertebra facing anteriorly in the vertebral column.

Answer 1

body/centrum

Question 2

arch formed from the joining of all posterior extensions, the laminae and pedicles, from the vertebral body

Answer 2

vertebral arch

Question 3

canal through which the spinal cord passes.

Answer 3

vertebral foramen

Question 4

two lateral projections from the vertebral arch

Answer 4

transverse processes

Question 5

single projection arising from the posterior aspect of the vertebral arch (actually the fused laminae)

Answer 5

spinous process

Question 6

cpaired projections lateral to the vertebral foramen, allowing a vertebra to form joints with adjacent vertebrae.

Answer 6

Superior articular process and inferior articular process