Landmark · Skeletal system
Vertebral arch
Arcus vertebrae
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Trunk, Abdomen, Back
- Landmark on
- Vertebra L3
DescriptionUnreviewed
Every vertebra has a body (vertebral body), which consists of a large anterior middle portion called the centrum (vertebral centrum, plural centra) and a posterior vertebral arch, also called a neural arch.
The vertebral arch and processes have thicker coverings of cortical bone than the body of vertebra.
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Names
- Latin
- Arcus vertebrae
- English
- Vertebral arch
- French
- Arc vertébral
- Spanish
- Arco vertebral
- Portuguese
- Arco vertebral