Cervical Vertebrae Thoracic Lumbar Vertebrae

Vertebrae
Body Small Rounded Largest, wider than tall
Vertebral Foramen Triangular Circular Flattened antero-posteriorly
Pedicles Project laterally Thick
more than
posteriorly
Laminae Thin Broad
Inferior Vertebral None Deepest Deep
Notch
Transverse Foramen in Long, thick Long, thin
Processes transverse processes
Spinous Processes Short, bifid Long, slope Short, blunt
inferiorly
Other Mammillary and accessory
processes

Sacrum Vertebrae:
 5 fused vertebrae
 Triangular in total form

Coccyx Vertebrae:
 4 vertebrae, sometimes all fused, sometimes only last three fused
 Very small
 Body only