articular process of vertebra

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• articular process — n either of two processes on each side of a vertebra that articulate with adjoining vertebrae: a) one on each side of the neural arch that projects upward and articulates with an inferior articular process of the next more cranial vertebra called …   Medical dictionary

• Vertebra prominens — Bone: Vertebra prominens Seventh cervical vertebra Gray s subject #21 101 Vertebra prominens is the proper na …   Wikipedia

• Vertebra — Ver te*bra, n.; pl. {Vertebr[ae]}. [L. vertebra, fr. vertere to turn, change. See {Verse}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Anat.) One of the serial segments of the spinal column. [1913 Webster] Note: In many fishes the vertebr[ae] are simple cartilaginous… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Process — In anatomy, a process is a projection from a structure. The process of the mandible is the part of the lower jaw that projects forward. In a more general sense, a process is a series of actions or events that are part of a system or of a… …   Medical dictionary

• Articular processes — Infobox Bone Name = Articular processes Latin = p. articularis inferior vertebrae, p. articularis superior vertebrae, GraySubject = 20 GrayPage = 97 Caption = A cervical vertebra. (Superior and inferior processes labeled at right.) Caption2 = A… …   Wikipedia

• Vertebra — A vertebra (plural: vertebrae ) is an individual irregular bone in the spinal or vertebral column ( aka ischis), a flexuous and flexible column that is a defining characteristic of vertebrate animals.There are normally thirty three (33) vertebrae …   Wikipedia

• Vertebra — A vertebra is one of 33 bony segments that form the spinal column of humans. There are 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral (fused into one sacrum bone) and 4 coccygeal (fused into one coccyx bone). * * * One of the segments of the spinal… …   Medical dictionary

• vertebra — n.; pl. vertebrae one of the 33 bones of which the backbone is composed. Each vertebra typically consists of a body, or centrum, from the back of which arises an arch of bone (the vertebral or neural arch) enclosing a cavity (the vertebral canal …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Body of vertebra — Bone: Body of vertebra A typical thoracic vertebra, viewed from above. (Body visible at top center.) …   Wikipedia

• Spinous process — Bone: Spinous process A cervical vertebra. (Spinous process labeled at bottom.) …   Wikipedia

• Mammillary process — Bone: Mammillary process A lumbar vertebra from above and behind. (Mammillar process labeled at center left.) Latin processus mammillaris Gray s …   Wikipedia