Articular processes
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| A cervical vertebra. (Superior and inferior processes labeled at right.) | |
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| A thoracic vertebra. (Superior labeled at top; inferior labeled at bottom.) | |
| Latin | p. articularis inferior vertebrae, p. articularis superior vertebrae, |
| Gray's | subject #20 97 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | p_34/12667306 |
The articular processes of a vertebra, two superior and two inferior, spring from the junctions of the pedicles and laminæ.
The superior project upward, and their articular surfaces are directed more or less backward; the inferior project downward, and their surfaces look more or less forward.
The articular surfaces are coated with hyaline cartilage.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Diagram at waynesburg.edu (inferior)
- Diagram at waynesburg.edu (superior)
- Diagram at uwlax.edu
- Atlas of anatomy at UMich back_bone28 - "Lumbar Vertebral Column, Posterolateral View"
- SUNY Figs 02:01-09 - "Superior and lateral views of typical vertebrae."
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general structures: body of vertebra, vertebral arch (pedicle, lamina, vertebral notch), foramina (vertebral, intervertebral), processes (transverse, articular, spinous) cervical vertebrae: C1 (anterior arch, posterior arch, lateral mass), C2 (dens), C7, posterior tubercle, foramen transversarium thoracic vertebrae: costal facets (superior, inferior, transverse) lumbar vertebrae: accessory process, mammillary process sacrum/coccyx: pelvic surface (anterior sacral foramina, dorsal surface (posterior sacral foramina, median sacral crest, medial sacral crest, lateral sacral crest), lateral surface, base, sacral hiatus |
