Landmark · Skeletal system
Superior articular process of sacrum
Processus articularis superior ossis sacri
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Trunk, Abdomen, Pelvis, Back
- Landmark on
- Sacrum
DescriptionUnreviewed
The superior articular processes project from it on either side; they are oval, concave, directed backward and medialward, like the superior articular processes of a lumbar vertebra.
They are attached to the body of the first sacral vertebra and to each ala, by short thick pedicles; on the upper surface of each pedicle is a vertebral notch, which forms the lower part of the foramen between the last lumbar and first sacral vertebrae.
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Names
- Latin
- Processus articularis superior ossis sacri
- English
- Superior articular process of sacrum
- French
- Processus articulaire supérieur du sacrum
- Spanish
- Proceso articular superior del hueso sacro
- Portuguese
- Processo articular superior do sacro