Paragraph Number

48

FIG. 1 is a perspective top view of vertebra 100 illustrating certain parts of the vertebra. The vertebra includes a body 102, a spinous process 104, a first transverse process 106, a second transverse process 108 (other processes omitted for clarity), a first lamina 110, a second lamina 112, a first pedicle 114, a second pedicle 116, and a vertebral foramen 118. The body 102 is anterior to the spinous process 104, the first transverse process 106, the second transverse process 108, the first lamina 110, the second lamina 112, the first pedicle 114, and the second pedicle 116 which together form the vertebral arch. The vertebral foramen 118 cooperates with vertebral foramen 118 of adjacent vertebra to form a spinal canal that houses a bundle of nerves that interconnect the brain to various parts of the patient’s body.

Added by DJM 1 2022