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Articular processes
Introduction
Overview
Overview
The articular processes (zygapophyses) of a vertebra, two superior and two inferior, spring from the junctions of the pedicles and laminæ.
- The superior processes project upward from a lower vertebra, and their articular surfaces are directed more or less backward.
- The inferior processes project downward from a higher vertebra, and their articular surfaces are directed more or less forward and outward.
The articular surfaces are coated with hyaline cartilage.
Additional images
Additional images
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Cervical vertebra -
Median sagittal section of two lumbar vertebræ and their ligaments.
External links
External links
- Template:BiowebUW
- Template:UMichAtlas – “Lumbar Vertebral Column, Posterolateral View”
- Template:SUNYAnatomyFigs – “Superior and lateral views of typical vertebrae.”
- Template:EMedicineDictionary
- Template:WaynesburgAnatomicModel
- Template:WaynesburgAnatomicModel
Template:Gray’s Template:Spine
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