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  #1

C6???

  #2

At C6 vertebral level the larynx becomes the trachea, the pharynx becomes the oesophagus and the vertebral arteries enter the foramina transversaria.


  #3

I think at C2

  #4

its C6

  #5

C6





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  #6

big difference between C6 and C2 {wouldnt let that doc do a lumbar puncture on me!}

Edited by mjl1717 on 05/31/06 - 03:21 AM

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  #7

its c6 for sure

  #8

it's C6 dude... smiling face
C2 is where trachea starts

  #9

c6

  #10

YES IT IS C6 smiling face

  #11

C6-T11nod

  #12

So they both start at the same level. never thought about it.

  #13

C6...........

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  #14

YES C6

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  #15

C6

  #16

c6 trachea starts c2

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