David Robson
Dr David Robson is a practicing anatomist based in Edinburgh, author of the 7-part "Robson's Approach to Anatomy" encyclopedia and lifetime member of the Royal Society of Medicine.
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Sep 18, 2026
David RobsonGUEST
When you look in the vertebral column, it comes down to L5, and L5 is like a red-shaped bone.
David RobsonGUEST
And the disc between L5 and the first circular vertebra, the L5-S1 disc, is triangular in shape, broader at the front, narrower at the back.
David RobsonGUEST
So when you have the vertebral column with the sacrum, and you're standing up, all of your body's weight is transmitted down the vertebral column to L5.
David RobsonGUEST
L5 then radiates out laterally, passes through the joint between the hip bone and the sacrum, which is called the sacroiliac joint.
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David RobsonGUEST
Now you just asked the question, well, when did it change its name? It changed its name in 1522.
David RobsonGUEST
There was an Italian anatomist called Jacob Berengario di Carpi, born in 1460 and died in 1530.
David RobsonGUEST
And he decided to change the name from C7 to the first cervical vertebra, and it was then known as the atlas.
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