Posterior tubercle of cervical vertebra

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Bone: Posterior tubercle of cervical vertebra
A cervical vertebra. (Posterior tubercle labeled at center left.)
Side view of a typical cervical vertebra. (Posterior tubercle labeled at bottom.)
Latin	tuberculum posterius vertebrae cervicalis
Gray's	subject #21 99
Dorlands/Elsevier	t_21/12829045

The posterior arch of a cervical vertebra forms about two-fifths of the circumference of the ring: it ends behind in the posterior tubercle, which is the rudiment of a spinous process and gives origin to the Recti capitis posteriores minores.

The diminutive size of this process prevents any interference with the movements between the atlas and the skull.

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Cervical vertebra

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sternum: manubrium, body of sternum, xiphoid process, suprasternal notch rib: first rib, tenth rib, eleventh rib, twelfth rib, floating rib, false ribs, angle, tubercle, costal groove, neck, head general vertebral structures: body of vertebra, vertebral arch (pedicle, lamina, vertebral notch), foramina (vertebral, intervertebral), processes (transverse, articular, spinous) cervical vertebrae: C1 (anterior arch, posterior arch, lateral mass), C2 (dens), C7, anterior tubercle, posterior tubercle, foramen transversarium thoracic vertebrae: costal facets (superior, inferior, transverse) lumbar vertebrae: accessory process, mammillary process sacrum/coccyx: pelvic surface (anterior sacral foramina, dorsal surface (posterior sacral foramina, median sacral crest, medial sacral crest, lateral sacral crest), lateral surface, base, sacral hiatus