- superior articular process
Medical dictionary. 2011.
superior articular process
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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
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
Mammillary process — Bone: Mammillary process A lumbar vertebra from above and behind. (Mammillar process labeled at center left.) Latin processus mammillaris Gray s … Wikipedia
processus articularis superior vertebrae — [TA] superior articular process of vertebra: a process on either side of a vertebra, arising from the superior surface of the arch near the junction of the lamina and pedicle; it bears a surface that faces posteriorly and superiorly, articulating … Medical dictionary
facies articularis superior vertebrae — [TA] superior articular facet of vertebra: the articulating surface on the superior articular process of a vertebra … Medical dictionary
processus articularis superior ossis sacri — [TA] superior articular process of sacrum: either of two processes projecting posteriorly and medially from the first sacral vertebra at the junctions between the body and the alae; they articulate with the inferior articular processes of the… … 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
Superior pubic ramus — Infobox Bone Name = Superior pubic ramus Latin = ramus superior ossis pubis GraySubject = 57 GrayPage = 236 Caption = Right hip bone. External surface. (Superior ramus of pubis labeled at center right.) Caption2 = Pelvis. Superior ramus is 4b.… … Wikipedia
Spinous process — Bone: Spinous process A cervical vertebra. (Spinous process labeled at bottom.) … Wikipedia
Orbital process of palatine bone — Bone: Orbital process of palatine bone Left palatine bone. Nasal aspect. Enlarged … Wikipedia
