The Human Spine Diagram
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.
The human spine diagram. 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. It contains the osteology arthrology and myology of the spine and back. The spine anatomy is a complex structure.
The spine diagram shown below consists of many bones or vertebrae soft discs the spinal cord and spinal nerves. In a human s vertebral column there are normally thirty three vertebrae. 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. 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.
Many of the nerves of the peripheral nervous system or pns branch out from the spinal cord and travel to various. The atlas is the topmost vertebra and along with c2 forms the joint connecting the skull and spine. The spinal cord begins at the base of the brain and extends into the pelvis.