anterior tubercle

The muscles connecting the anterior tubercles are termed the Intertransversarii anteriores.

The anterior tubercle is a small bump or tubercle on the cervical vertebrae.

After passing over the ganglion, it enters the vertebral foramen and lies posterior to the anterior tubercle of C6.

The anterior tubercle is located anteriorly (frontal) of the anterior arch, which forms about one-fifth of the ring.

It arises from the side of the body, is directed laterally in front of the foramen, and ends in a tubercle, the anterior tubercle.

The anterior archs anterior surface is convex, and presents at its center the anterior tubercle for the attachment of the longus colli muscles.

Chassaignac's tubercle - the strongly developed anterior tubercle of the transverse process of the sixth cervical vertebra: called also carotid tubercle.

Chassaignac tubercle (or the carotid tubercle) is the name given to the anterior tubercle of the transverse process of the sixth cervical vertebra, separating the carotid artery from the vertebral artery and against which the carotid artery may be compressed by the finger.

The superior oblique portion arises from the anterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the third, fourth, and fifth cervical vertebræ and, ascending obliquely with a medial inclination, is inserted by a narrow tendon into the tubercle on the anterior arch of the atlas.

The inferior oblique portion, the smallest part of the muscle, arises from the front of the bodies of the first two or three thoracic vertebræ; and, ascending obliquely in a lateral direction, is inserted into the anterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the fifth and sixth cervical vertebræ.

The ascending cervical artery is a small branch which arises from the inferior thyroid artery as that vessel is passing behind the carotid sheath; it runs up on the anterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the cervical vertebræ in the interval between the Scalenus anterior and Longus capitis.