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 upper cervical spine has a curve, convex forward, begins at the second cervical vertebra the axis at the apex of the odontoid process known as the dens, and ends at the middle of the second thoracic vertebra; it is the least marked of all the curves.he sides of the vertebral column are separated from the posterior surface by the articular processes in the cervical and thoracic regions, and by the transverse processes in the lumbar region.