Pedicle of vertebral arch
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| Bone: Pedicle of vertebral arch | ||
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| A typical thoracic vertebra, viewed from above. (Pedicle labeled at left.) | ||
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| A cervical vertebra. (Pedicle labeled at upper right.) | ||
| Latin | pediculus arcus vertebrae, radix arcus vertebrae | |
| Gray's | subject #20 97 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | p_09/12622080 | |
The pedicles (from Latin pediculus, "small foot") are two short, thick processes, which project backward, one on either side, from the upper part of the body, at the junction of its posterior and lateral surfaces.
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[edit] Additional images
 Median sagittal section of two lumbar vertebræ and their ligaments. |
 Posterior longitudinal ligament, in the thoracic region. |
 Vertebral arches of three thoracic vertebræ viewed from the front. |
[edit] External links
- Photo of model at Waynesburg College skeleton2/pedicle
- Dictionary at eMedicine pedicle+of+arch+of+vertebra
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| Bones of torso |
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| sternum: manubrium, body of sternum, xiphoid process, suprasternal notch
rib: first rib, tenth rib, eleventh rib, twelfth rib, floating rib, false ribs, angle, tubercle, costal groove, neck, head general vertebral structures: body of vertebra, vertebral arch (pedicle, lamina, vertebral notch), foramina (vertebral, intervertebral), processes (transverse, articular, spinous) cervical vertebrae: C1 (anterior arch, posterior arch, lateral mass), C2 (dens), C7, anterior tubercle, posterior tubercle, foramen transversarium thoracic vertebrae: costal facets (superior, inferior, transverse) lumbar vertebrae: accessory process, mammillary process sacrum/coccyx: pelvic surface (anterior sacral foramina, dorsal surface (posterior sacral foramina, median sacral crest, medial sacral crest, lateral sacral crest), lateral surface, base, sacral hiatus |
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