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  2. Vertebra - Wikipedia

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    There is a hook-shaped uncinate process on the side edges of the top surface of the bodies of the third to the seventh cervical vertebrae and of the first thoracic vertebra. Together with the vertebral disc, this uncinate process prevents a vertebra from sliding backward off the vertebra below it and limits lateral flexion (side-bending).

  3. File:Human skeleton front en.svg - Wikipedia

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    Descrição = [Português do Brasil (ptBR) | Diagrama do esqueleto humano]]] As linhas vermelhas apontam para ossos individuais, cujos nomes estão escritos no singular e as linhas azuis apontam para um grupo de ossos, representados no plural.}} | 15:16, 3 July 2016: 436 × 842 (842 KB) Nyq: Decapitalized common nouns: 19:54, 3 June 2009: 436 ...

  4. File:Segments of Vertebrae.svg - Wikipedia

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  5. Lumbar vertebrae - Wikipedia

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    In human anatomy, the five vertebrae are between the rib cage and the pelvis.They are the largest segments of the vertebral column and are characterized by the absence of the foramen transversarium within the transverse process (since it is only found in the cervical region) and by the absence of facets on the sides of the body (as found only in the thoracic region).

  6. Sacrum - Wikipedia

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    The sacrum (pl.: sacra or sacrums [1]), in human anatomy, is a large, triangular bone at the base of the spine that forms by the fusing of the sacral vertebrae (S1–S5) between ages 18 and 30. [2] The sacrum situates at the upper, back part of the pelvic cavity, between the two wings of the pelvis. It forms joints with four other bones.

  7. Spinal column - Wikipedia

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    The spinal column, also known as the vertebral column, spine or backbone, is the core part of the axial skeleton in vertebrate animals.The vertebral column is the defining and eponymous characteristic of the vertebrate endoskeleton, where the notochord (an elastic collagen-wrapped glycoprotein rod) found in all chordates has been replaced by a segmented series of mineralized irregular bones ...

  8. Vertebrae - Wikipedia

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    From the plural form: This is a redirect from a plural noun to its singular form. This redirect link is used for convenience; it is often preferable to add the plural directly after the link (for example, [[link]]s ).

  9. Thoracic vertebrae - Wikipedia

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    The twelfth thoracic vertebra has the same general characteristics as the eleventh, but may be distinguished from it by its inferior articular surfaces being convex and directed lateralward, like those of the lumbar vertebrae; by the general form of the body, laminae, and spinous process, in which it resembles the lumbar vertebrae; and by each ...