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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:
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated. Please edit the article if this is the case, and feel free to remove this notice when it is no longer relevant.
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