The articular process or zygapophysis (Greek: ζυγόν, romanized: zugón, lit. 'yoke' + apophysis) of a vertebra is a projection of the vertebra that serves...

A joint or articulation (or articular surface) is the connection made between bones, ossicles, or other hard structures in the body which link an animal's...

body. There are seven processes projecting from the vertebra: one spinous process two transverse processes four articular processes A major part of a vertebra...

analogous to, but not homologous to the articular process of the lower jaw. After the loss of the quadrate-articular joint, the squamosal and dentary bones...

superior articular process.[clarification needed] The accessory process is situated at the back part of the base of the transverse process. The tallest...

transverse and spinous processes), or to fit (forming a synovial joint), with another vertebra (as in the case of the articular processes). The word is also...

apophyseal, or Z-joints) are a set of synovial, plane joints between the articular processes of two adjacent vertebrae. There are two facet joints in each spinal...

is completed by the lamina and spinous process of the first sacral vertebra. The superior articular processes project from it on either side; they are...

atlantooccipital membrane, while immediately behind each superior articular process is the superior vertebral notch (sulcus arteriae vertebralis). This...

seven processes, four articular, two transverse and one spinous, the latter also being known as the neural spine. The transverse and spinous processes and...

laminae; their articular facets are practically flat, and are directed backward and a little lateralward and upward. The inferior articular processes are fused...

medially a rough, triangular area, for articulation with the maxilla (articular surface), and laterally a smooth, concave surface, the upper part of which...

articular processes. The inferior vertebral notches lie in front of the articular processes, as in the other cervical vertebrae. The spinous process is...

the articular processes of the two bones there is on either side an arthrodial or gliding joint. The ligaments connecting these bones are: Articular capsules...

this triangular ligament is attached to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone and the articular tubercle; its apex is fixed to the lateral side of the...

the part of a vertebra located between the inferior and superior articular processes of the facet joint. In the transverse plane, it lies between the...

canal. Degenerative process of spondylosis such as disc bulging, osteophyte formation, and hypertrophy of the superior articular process all contributes to...

tubercle, or articular eminence, in order to remain interposed between the condyle and the temporal bone in all jaw positions. The neck of the process rises...

tetrapods, it covers and protects the ends of long bones at the joints as articular cartilage, and is a structural component of many body parts including...

the mamillary processes. in the thoracic region: from all the transverse processes. in the cervical region: from the articular processes of the lower four...

horizontal part V3h, curving medially and posteriorly behind the superior articular process of the atlas, the anterior ramus of the first cervical nerve being...

and were not tilted backward as in Giraffatitan. The articular facets of the articular processes at the back of the vertebra were directed downward, while...

spinous and articular processes of the cervical vertebrae. Multifidus dorsi: originates on lateral side of sacrum, the articular processes of the lumbar...

attaching to the spinous processes of C2–C7 and to the posterior tubercle of the atlas. The superior and inferior articular processes of cervical vertebrae...

Later estimates, based on allometric equations scaled from the articular processes of tail vertebrae referred to Gigantophis garstini, revised the length...

result in cartilage damage.[citation needed] Articular cartilage does not usually regenerate (the process of repair by formation of the same type of tissue)...

ends in a rounded eminence, the articular tubercle (eminentia articularis). The zygomatic bone itself has four processes, namely the frontosphenoidal, orbital...

has a styloid process. Near the elbow, the ulna has two curved processes, the olecranon and the coronoid process; and two concave, articular cavities, the...

rudimentary body and articular and transverse processes; the last piece (sometimes the third) is a mere nodule of bone. The transverse processes are most prominent...

surround the condyles of the occipital bone, and connect them with the articular processes of the atlas: they are thin and loose. The movements permitted in...