Articular processes

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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.

See also

• Zygapophyseal joint
• Pars interarticularis

Additional images

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  Cervical vertebra
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  Median sagittal section of two lumbar vertebræ and their ligaments.

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