Landmark · Skeletal system
Uncinate process of vertebra
Processus uncinatus vertebrae
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Neck, Trunk, Back
- Landmark on
- Vertebra C4
DescriptionUnreviewed
There is a hook-shaped uncinate process on the side edges of the top surface of the bodies of the third to the seventh cervical vertebrae and of the first thoracic vertebra.
Together with the vertebral disc, this uncinate process prevents a vertebra from sliding backwards off the vertebra below it and limits lateral flexion (side-bending).
Luschka's joints involve the vertebral uncinate processes.
Source: Z-Anatomy · Text licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · This text comes from the source data and has not been reviewed by a person yet.
Names
- Latin
- Processus uncinatus vertebrae
- English
- Uncinate process of vertebra
- French
- Processus unciné de la vertèbre
- Spanish
- Proceso uncinado de la vértebra
- Portuguese
- Processo uncinado da vértebra