A&P Lab 2 part 1

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how many each vertebral bone are there?
- cervical- 7
- thoracic- 12
- lumbar- 5
- sacral- 5
- coccygeal- 4
how would you distinguish a cervical vertebra from others?

transverse foramen
how would you distinguish a lumbar vertebra from the others?

straight spinous process
what runs though the transverse foramina?

vertebral artery
what bony projection of C2 protrudes into the spinal canal?

odontoid process
what is its (bony projection) function?

forms a swivel joint for C1