Landmark · Skeletal system
Vertebral body
Corpus vertebrae
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Trunk, Abdomen, Back
- Landmark on
- Vertebra L3
DescriptionUnreviewed
Every vertebra has a body (vertebral body), which consists of a large anterior middle portion called the centrum (vertebral centrum, plural centra) and a posterior vertebral arch, also called a neural arch.
The body is composed of cancellous bone, which is the spongy type of osseous tissue, whose microanatomy has been specifically studied within the pedicle bones.
This cancellous bone is in turn, covered by a thin coating of cortical bone (or compact bone), the hard and dense type of osseous tissue.
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Names
- Latin
- Corpus vertebrae
- English
- Vertebral body
- French
- Corps vertébral
- Spanish
- Cuerpo vertebral
- Portuguese
- Corpo vertebral