Vertebral notch
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| Bone: Vertebral notch | ||
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| Sagittal section of a lumbar vertebra. | ||
| Latin | incisura vertebralis | |
| Gray's | subject #20 97 | |
The concavities above and below the pedicles are named the vertebral notches; and when the vertebrae are articulated, the notches of each contiguous pair of bones form the intervertebral foramina.
[edit] External links
- Dictionary at eMedicine vertebral+notch
- Dorlands/Elsevier i_05/12447604 - "inferior vertebral notch"
- Dorlands/Elsevier i_05/12447611 - "superior vertebral notch"
- Atlas of anatomy at UMich back_bone17 - "Typical Lumbar Vertebra, Lateral View - Lumbar Vertebral Column, Oblique Lateral View"
- Norman/Georgetown lesson6intrinsicmusclesofback
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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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