Articular processes

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## Contents

* 1 Overview
* 2 See also
* 3 Additional images
* 4 External links

## Overview

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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

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* Zygapophyseal joint
* Pars interarticularis

## Additional images

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* Cervical vertebra

* Median sagittal section of two lumbar vertebræ and their ligaments.

## External links

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* Template:SUNYAnatomyFigs \- "Superior and lateral views of typical vertebrae."
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