The bones of the vertebral column are serially articulated by their bodies and by the neural processes.
Most of the joints are articulated by some common or common variety of ligaments and therefore called as common vertebral articulations.
There are few joints in the vertebral column, which are not articulated by common ligaments, are called as special vertebral articulations.
The common vertebral articulations are of two kinds:
Intercentral – those formed between the bodies of the vertebrae
Interneural– those formed between articular processes of adjacent vertebrae.
Associated with these joints are ligaments, some of which extend the whole length of vertebral column-the common ligaments and some are restricted to a single joint-the special ligaments.
The special vertebral articulations are the occipito-atlantoaxial and the coccygeal articulations.
