Vertebral arch

Vertebral arch
Bone: Vertebral arch
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A typical thoracic vertebra, viewed from above. (Vertebral arch is the bottom half.)
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A cervical vertebra. (Vertebral arch is the bottom half.)
Latin arcus vertebrae
Gray's subject #20 96

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:

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v · d · eBones of torso (TA A02.2,3, GA 2.96–128)
Vertebra
General structures

Uncinate process of vertebra · Transverse foramen · Anterior tubercle · Carotid tubercle · Posterior tubercle

C1 (lateral mass, anterior arch, posterior arch), C2 (dens), C3, C4, C5, C6, C7
T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12
costal facets (superior, inferior, transverse) · Uncinate process of vertebra
Thoracic skeleton
Sternum
Thoracic cage

M: BON/CAR

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  • Pedicle of vertebral arch — Infobox Bone Name = Pedicle of vertebral arch Latin = pediculus arcus vertebrae, radix arcus vertebrae GraySubject = 20 GrayPage = 97 Caption = A typical thoracic vertebra, viewed from above. (Pedicle labeled at left.) Caption2 = A cervical… …   Wikipedia

  • Lamina of the vertebral arch — Infobox Bone Name = Lamina of the vertebral arch Latin = l. arcus vertebrae GraySubject = 20 GrayPage = 97 Caption = A typical thoracic vertebra, viewed from above. (Lamina labeled at bottom left.) Caption2 = A cervical vertebra. (Lamina labeled… …   Wikipedia

  • Vertebral foramen — Infobox Bone Name = Vertebral foramen Latin = foramen vertebrale GraySubject = 20 GrayPage = 96 Caption = A typical thoracic vertebra, viewed from above. (Vertebral foramen is the large hole at the center.) Caption2 = A cervical vertebra.… …   Wikipedia

  • vertebral body — n the main anterior bony part of a vertebra that consists of the centrum, the ossified posterolateral joints linking the centrum and each half of the neural arch, and part of the neural arch * * * corpus vertebrae …   Medical dictionary

  • vertebral foramen — n the opening formed by a neural arch through which the spinal cord passes …   Medical dictionary

  • arch-centra — vertebral centra formed by the growth of the arcualia around the notochord external to the chordal sheath and which fuse to form annual segments which become biconcave centra. Found in Teleostei …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • pedicle of vertebral arch — pediculus arcus vertebrae …   Medical dictionary

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