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Which vertebra is sometimes called vertebra prominens and why?

please answer! and don't tell me to google it or anything cuhz i already did

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  • dizwar
    Lv 7
    10 years ago
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    As explained in the Wikipedia link:

    " 'Vertebra prominens' is the proper name for the seventh cervical vertebra. The most distinctive characteristic of this vertebra is the existence of a long and prominent spinous process which is palpable from the skin surface, hence the name."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebra_prominens

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