Anatom3DSeventh cervical vertebra
Vertebra prominens (C VII) · Sedmý krční obratel
Skeleton
Looks like
The lowest neck vertebra (C7), with a long spine you can feel as the bump at the base of the neck (vertebra prominens).
What it does
Links the neck to the chest spine and anchors neck ligaments and back muscles.
Keeping it well
Its spine is the landmark for counting vertebrae. An extra rib can grow from it and press on arm nerves or vessels (thoracic outlet).
Related conditions
- Acromegaly
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Neck pain and cervical spondylosis
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Osteomalacia & rickets
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Sarcoma
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency
- Whiplash
- Wry neck (torticollis)