Anterior Spinal Column Odontoid process Axis (anterior articular facet) Tubercle for transverse Atlas (C1) C2 Anterior tubercle ligament of atlas Superior articular facet Spinal Facet for odontoid process Lateral mass Transverse foramen Axis (C2) Transverse process Transverse Atlas Cervical process Anatomy C1 Vertebrae Body Superior Inferior articular facet Copyright 2010 www.DCFirst.com Groove for articular vertebral artery facet C7 & www.ChiropracticPoster.com Posterior tubercle Vertebral foramen { T1 Anterior tubercle of Left Lateral View transverse process Body Transverse foramen of Spinal Column Posterior tubercle of Groove for transverse process Cervical spinal nerve Curve C5 Posterior Spinal Column Zygopophyseal Joint Superior articular Inferior articular Lamina facet (process) process (Arch) Vertebral foramen Spinous process Costal Facet for Transverse Process The 1st Rib on T7 Spinous Process Thoracic Anterior tubercle Vertebrae Transverse foramen Posterior tubercle Superior articular C7 facet (process) Lamina Inferior (Arch) articular process Thoracic Curve Spinous process (Kyphotic) Superior Costal Facet Transverse Costal Facet Horizontal section through an intervertebral disc Inferior Costal Facet T12 Vertebral Body Nucleus pulposus L1 { Intervertebral Disc Anulus fibrosus Lumbar Vertebrae Intervertebral Superior articular Foramina process and facet Body Superior facet for head of rib Transverse costal facet T6 Lateral view Superior Articular L5 Process Inferior facet for head of rib Spinous Mammillary Process { Lumbar process Sacrum Inferior Curve articular (Lordotic) Pedicle Inferior vertebral notch Sacral process Ala Inferior Articular Sacral Process Brim T10 Spinous process Superior view Transverse Transverse process Lamina Ridges Facet for tubercle Anterior Sacral of rib Foramina Apex of Sacrum Superior articular process Vertebral Facet for head of rib foramen Coccyx Sacral Curve Articular Surface Body of Sacrum Ligamenta flava connecting two thoracic vertebrae. Posterior Sacral Foramina L3 Vertebra Intervertebral Spinous process foramen Lateral Sacral Ligamentum Crest Mammillary process Superior articular flavum process Nucleus Interspinous Medial Sacral pulposus ligament Crest Transverse process Anulus fibrosus Pedicle Vertebral Sacral Hiatus foramen Intervertebral Vertebral disc Inferior Ligamentum flavum body vertebral notch Coccyx.