Vertebral arch
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Vertebral arch | |
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Latin | arcus vertebrae |
Anatomical terms of bone |
The vertebral arch (or neural arch) is the posterior part of a vertebra.
It consists of a pair of pedicles and a pair of laminae, and supports seven processes:
- four articular processes
- two transverse processes
- one spinous process
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)