Anterior Cervical Anatomy 

Anatomy 

1.) Uncinate joints 

• Stop at the medial border of uncinates – vertebral artery is lateral 
• Can go wider posterior 
  • Posterolateral of the vertebral body uncinnate sputs can touch the exiting nerve root 

2.) Nerve Roots 

• 45 degrees anterolaterally 

3.) PLL 

• Centrally