The femoral neck is the region of the femur bounded by the femoral head proximally and the greater and lesser trochanters distally (shown below). A femoral neck fracture is intracapsular, that is within the hip joint and beneath the fibrous joint capsule.
vertebral arch the dorsal bony arch of a vertebra, composed of the laminae and pedicles of a vertebra. zygomatic arch the arch formed by the temporal process of the zygomatic bone and the zygomatic process of the temporal bone. See also anatomic Table of Bones in the Appendices.
The cervical spine is made up of the first seven vertebrae in your back, and the vertebrae are referred to as C1 through C7. The cervical spine begins at the base of the skull. The first two segments, C1 and C2, are unlike typical vertebral bodies. C1 is called the atlas; it is ring-shaped and supports the head.