Vertebral Anatomy Overview

Absorption of shock, maintenance of balance, protection from fracture, increasing strength of the column

Approximately the third post-natal month, when the child begins to hold head erect

Anteriorly convex; develops when the child sits up, stands, and walks

<p>Cervical and lumbar curves</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Thoracic and sacral curves</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Body, vertebral arch, seven processes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Attachment with intervertebral discs</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Vertebral (neural) arch</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Two short, thick processes called pedicles</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They retain the anterior concavity of the fetal curve</p> Signup and view all the answers