The Human Spine Diagram
The spine anatomy is a complex structure.
The human spine diagram. It is particularly interesting for physiotherapists osteopaths rheumatologists neurosurgeons orthopedic surgeons and general practitioners especially for the study and understanding of diseases of the back. In turn the spinal cord relays essential information between the brain and the body. This human anatomy module is composed of diagrams illustrations and 3d views of the back cervical thoracic and lumbar spinal areas as well as the various vertebrae. The upper twenty four are articulating and separated from each other by intervertebral discs and the lower nine are fused in adults five in the sacrum and four in the coccyx or tailbone the articulating vertebrae are named according to their region of the spine.
The spine diagram shown below consists of many bones or vertebrae soft discs the spinal cord and spinal nerves. Anatomical diagrams of the spine and back. The vertebrae which stack like spools of thread support the back and protect the spinal cord. Lateral labeled diagram of the human vertebral spinal column showing vertebrae numbering order and the 5 different regions of the spine.
The spinal cord begins at the base of the brain and extends into the pelvis. The atlas is the topmost vertebra and along with c2 forms the joint connecting the skull and spine. The muscles of the lower back help stabilize rotate flex and extend the spinal column which is a bony tower of 24 vertebrae that gives the body structure and houses the spinal cord.