22+ Labeled Parts Of Vertebrae PNG. The lumbar vertebral body is kidney shaped when viewed superiorly, so is wider from side to side than from front to back. The lumbar vertebrae are larger and heavier than vertebral bodies in other regions.
The vertebral column usually consists of 33 vertebrae:
The next seven vertebrae are abdominal vertebrae, followed by the sacral vertebra whose strong transverse processes form the sacrum (8) that other labeled bones include the: The vertebral column is subdivided into five regions, with the vertebrae in each area named for that region and numbered in descending order. The important parts and their differences are described below. Unlike the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, the cervical vertebrae have two additional openings on the transverse process.
