Horse Vertebral Column

Right lateral view of the cervical portion of the vertebral column of a horse. 1 to 7, the seven segments; 1, the atlas-a, its wing-S, internal foramen of alar gutter-9, posterior foramen of wing; 2, the dentata-11, neural spine; 12, transverse process; 13, centrum; 14, foramen corresponding to intervertebral foramen; 10, atlo-axoid space; the odontoid process is seen below the figures; 15, zygapophyses, or olbique processes; 16, centra, or bodies, in situ- 17, hypapophyses, or inferior processes-b, transverse processes-c, trifid transverse process of sixth vertebra-d, transverse process of seventh.

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