Every vertebra shares a plan: a weight-bearing body in front, a ring behind it that shields the spinal cord, and bony processes for muscles to grab. Here's the view looking straight down. Tap the parts.
Body
superior (top-down) view · front at the bottom
The vertebratap a part
The parts
📷 Reference image
A real labeled figure to compare with the interactive above.
A Typical Vertebra — OpenStax, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
