Figure vortex

A - Fifth cervical vertebra (red)
B - sixth thoracic vertebra (green)
C - third lumbar vertebra (blue)

1. Vertebral bodies - Corpus vertebrae
2. Vortex hole - Vertebral foramen
3. Spinous process
   (mostly in cervical vertebrae
   divided into two) -
   Spinous process
4. Transverse process -
   Transverse process
5. Articular surface for the rib -
   Fovea costalis processus
6. Upper articular process -
   Superior articular process
7. Vertebral arch - Arcus vertebrae
8. Articular surface for the rib
   on the vertebral body -
   Fovea costalis superior
9. Rib-transverse process joint -
   Articulatio costotransversaria
10. Rib - Costa
11. Rib head joint -
    Articulatio capitis costae
12. Transverse process hole
    (only for cervical vertebrae) -
    Foramen transversarium
13. Transverse process of the lumbar vertebra
    ("Costal process") -
    Costiform process

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