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name the five typcial features of a vertebra.
1. vertebral body
2. vertebral arch , forming a roof over the vertebral foramen.
a. pedicle
b. lamina
3. superior and inferior vertebral notch on each pedicle forms an interverebtral foramen with the adjacent vertebra for passage of spinal nerves and associated vessels.
4. paired superior and inferior articular processes
5. spinous and transverse processes for attachment of muscles and ligaments
a. transverse processes
2. vertebral arch , forming a roof over the vertebral foramen.
a. pedicle
b. lamina
3. superior and inferior vertebral notch on each pedicle forms an interverebtral foramen with the adjacent vertebra for passage of spinal nerves and associated vessels.
4. paired superior and inferior articular processes
5. spinous and transverse processes for attachment of muscles and ligaments
a. transverse processes
