Two broad plates directed dorsomedially from the pedicles; these fuse at the dorsal midline, and complete the dorsal wall of the vertebral foramen. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/csmith https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 MP:0004605 ]
Synonyms: lamina of vertebra vertebral lamina lamina of vertebral arch lamina arcus vertebrae neural arch lamina
Term information
- MA:0002876
- AAO:0000695
- SCTID:277423002
- FMA:11951
pheno_slim
Paired plates that form the neural arch. The lateral margin of each lamina rests dorsal to the superior end of the pedicel, and the medial end fuses to the medial end of the opposite lamina.[AAO]