Landmark · Skeletal system
Cervical vertebra
Vertebra cervicalis
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Neck, Trunk, Back
- Landmark on
- Vertebra C4
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In humans, cervical vertebrae are the smallest of the true vertebrae and can be readily distinguished from those of the thoracic or lumbar regions by the presence of a foramen (hole) in each transverse process, through which the vertebral artery, vertebral veins, and inferior cervical ganglion pass.
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Names
- Latin
- Vertebra cervicalis
- English
- Cervical vertebra
- French
- Vertèbre cervicale
- Spanish
- Vértebra cervical
- Portuguese
- Vértebra cervical