The hydropathic encyclopedia : a system of hydropathy and hygiene in eight parts ..designed as a guide to families and students, and a text-book for physicians . onstituting the vertebralcolumn, are divided intothirty-three pieces in theyoung person, but in ad-vanced life the nine lowerpieces unite into piece is called avertebra. The whole aredivided into true and true are the twen-ty-four upper ones, andthe false are the ninelower ones. The trueare subdivided into sevencervical, belonging to theneck, twelve dorsal, form-ing the central portion of the back proper, and five l
The hydropathic encyclopedia : a system of hydropathy and hygiene in eight parts ..designed as a guide to families and students, and a text-book for physicians . onstituting the vertebralcolumn, are divided intothirty-three pieces in theyoung person, but in ad-vanced life the nine lowerpieces unite into piece is called avertebra. The whole aredivided into true and true are the twen-ty-four upper ones, andthe false are the ninelower ones. The trueare subdivided into sevencervical, belonging to theneck, twelve dorsal, form-ing the central portion of the back proper, and five lumbar, pertainingto the loins. The false are divided into the sacrum, which consistsoriginally of five pieces, and the coccyx, originally consisting of fourpieces. The vertebra] column is the central axis of the body, and the partof the skeleton first developed in all vertebrated au»als. Each vertebra, except tho upper cervical, which has no body, con-sists of a body, by which it is articulated with the adjoining vertebra;two laminie, or plates, which arch backward and enclose the passagefoi the spinal cord; a spinous process, which projects backward for. OSSEOUS SYSTEM. OSTEOLOGY. 5£ Fig. 4. the attachment of muscles; two transverse processes projecting laterally from each side uf the lamina; foithe attachment of muscles; and Jbv/r articular pro-cesses, which project upward and downward fromthe lamina;, for articulation with adjoining vertebrae Fig. 4 represents the vertebral column entire, Been from tooleft eide. 1. Two semMacettcs, which articulate with the headof the rib. 2. Spinous process. 3, 4. Two foramina, each re-sulting from the union of two vertebras. 5. Cervical regionand its corresponding curve. 6. Dorsal region and its corre-sponding curve. 7. Lumbar region and its corresponding Sacrum. The distinctive parts of avertebra are seen in Fig. The body, concave in thecentre, and rising into asharp ridge ou each side. 2 2. The lamina, 3. The part- called
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