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Joints of articular processes - Dog - General anatomy - Dorsal view - vet-Anatomy
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Joints of articular processes

Articulationes processuum articularium

Definition

The joints of articular processes (zygapophyseal joints) are located between the cranial and caudal articular facets of contiguous vertebrae. They are synovial joints with an articular capsule, visible in cervical, thoracic, lumbar vertebrae and between the last lumbar vertebra and the sacrum.

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Text by Antoine Micheau, MD - Copyright IMAIOS

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  • Joints of articular processes - Dog - Arthrology - Thorax - vet-Anatomy
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  • Joints of articular processes - Dog - Myology - General Anatomy - vet-Anatomy
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  • Joints of articular processes - Dog - Whole body - Neck - vet-Anatomy
  • Joints of articular processes - Dog - Whole body - Thorax - vet-Anatomy
  • Joints of articular processes - Dog - Whole body - Abdomen - vet-Anatomy
  • Joints of articular processes - Dog - Whole body - Pelvis - vet-Anatomy
  • Joints of articular processes - Dog - Neck - Transverse - vet-Anatomy
  • Joints of articular processes - Dog - Neck - Sagittal - vet-Anatomy
  • Joints of articular processes - Dog - Neck - Dorsal - vet-Anatomy
  • Joints of articular processes - Dog - Neck - 3D - Bones - vet-Anatomy
  • Joints of articular processes - Dog - Cervical spine - Transverse T2 TSE - vet-Anatomy
  • Joints of articular processes - Dog - Cervical spine - Transverse T1 TSE - vet-Anatomy
  • Joints of articular processes - Dog - Cervical spine - Sagittal T2 TSE - vet-Anatomy
  • Joints of articular processes - Dog - Cervical spine - Sagittal T1 TSE - vet-Anatomy
  • Joints of articular processes - Horse - Osteology - Vertebral column - vet-Anatomy
  • Joints of articular processes - Horse - Osteology - Thorax - vet-Anatomy
Joints of articular processes - Dog - General anatomy - Dorsal view - vet-Anatomy
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Anatomical hierarchy

Veterinary anatomy

  1. Arthrology >
  2. Joints of spine, thorax and skull >
  3. Joints of articular processes

Underlying structures:

  • Joint capsule; Articular capsule
Comparative anatomy in humans
  • Zygapophyseal joints
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