Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Introductory 3D anatomy tutorial on the vertebral (spinal) column.

Check out the interactive 3D model used in this tutorial here: anatomyzone.com/back/bones/vertebral-column

This tutorial covers the following topics:
- Introduction and basic overview of the vertebral column
- Basic anatomy of the intervertebral disc
- Naming convention for vertebrae
- Anatomical landmarks and how spinal levels are used to identify these
- Spinal curvatures
- Movements of the vertebral column
- Basic anatomy of the atlanto-axial and atlanto-occipital joints

Some of the images in this video have been taken from the excellent OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology textbook, access for free at openstax.org/books/anatomy-and-physiology-2e/pages/1-introduction

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