Anterior tubercle of cervical vertebra
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| Bone: Anterior tubercle of cervical vertebra | ||
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| A cervical vertebra. (Anterior tubercle labeled at upper left.) | ||
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| Side view of a typical cervical vertebra. (Anterior tubercle labeled at center left.) | ||
| Latin | tuberculum anterius vertebrae cervicalis | |
| Gray's | subject #21 99 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | t_21/12828738 | |
The anterior arch forms about one-fifth of the ring: its anterior surface is convex, and presents at its center the anterior tubercle for the attachment of the Longus colli muscles.
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 Cervical vertebra |
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| Bones of torso |
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| sternum: manubrium, body of sternum, xiphoid process, suprasternal notch
rib: first rib, tenth rib, eleventh rib, twelfth rib, floating rib, false ribs, angle, tubercle, costal groove, neck, head general vertebral structures: body of vertebra, vertebral arch (pedicle, lamina, vertebral notch), foramina (vertebral, intervertebral), processes (transverse, articular, spinous) cervical vertebrae: C1 (anterior arch, posterior arch, lateral mass), C2 (dens), C7, anterior tubercle, posterior tubercle, foramen transversarium thoracic vertebrae: costal facets (superior, inferior, transverse) lumbar vertebrae: accessory process, mammillary process sacrum/coccyx: pelvic surface (anterior sacral foramina, dorsal surface (posterior sacral foramina, median sacral crest, medial sacral crest, lateral sacral crest), lateral surface, base, sacral hiatus |
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