vertebral arch joint

vertebral arch joint

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001067

A synovial joint between the prezygapophysis of one vertebra and the postzygapophysis of the vertebra directly above it. There are two facet joints in each spinal motion segment[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygapophysial_joint ]

Synonyms: zygapophyseal joint joint of vertebral arch facet joint spinal facet joint joint of vertebral articular process zygapophysial joint

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database cross reference

GAID:275
NCIT:C32577
MESH:D021801
FMA:10447
SCTID:89836005
UMLS:C0224521 (ncithesaurus:Facet_Joint)
Wikipedia:Zygapophysial_joint
MA:0001513

Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

latin term

articulationes zygapophysiales [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygapophysial_joint ]

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Gray90.png

has related synonym

articulationes zygapophysiales

has obo namespace

uberon

UBERON:0001067

Term relations

Equivalent to:

synovial joint and connects some prezygapophysis and connects some postzygapophysis

Subclass of:

synovial joint
part of some neural arch