A vertebra is an individual element of the vertebral column. Its body, arch and processes have different supporting, protective and attachment roles, with regional variation. A sequence of vertebrae combines local motion at joints with protection of the neural axis.
The second vertebra; its specialization varies across vertebrate lineages.
The first vertebra, associated with the articulation of the head and axial column.
A vertebra anterior to the sacrum. Counts depend on identifying the sacral articulation, not just numbering visible centra.

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