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Across: 1. horse’s tail 3. lateral projections 5. ligament on inside of vertebral canal on posterior vertebral bodies 7. vertebrae with ribs 8. bind laminae of adjacent vertebrae together 11. only spinal related joint that only flexes and extends 12. 5 fused vertebrae 13. C1 14. connects tips of cervical spinous processes 15. C2 18. spinal cord home 19. strip of skin supplied by a specific spinal nerve 20. extends up into C1 21. disc outer portion 23. central part of disc 24. posterior projections 25. ligament connecting spinous processes 26. tapers slightly from superior to inferior & extremely sensitive to injury 27. tail bones

Down: 2. joint where most rotation occurs 4. ligament running entire length of spine from base of skull to sacrum 6. neck vertebrae 9. group of muscles supplied by a single nerves root 10. low back vertebrae 16. ligament connecting transverse processes together 17. major anterior portion of vertebrae 22. ligament connecting tips of spinous processes of vertebrae 23. connects spinal cord to peripheral nervous system