Group · Joints & ligaments
Zygapophysial joints
Articulationes zygapophysiales
- System
- Joints & ligaments
- Part of
- Joints of vertebral column
DescriptionUnreviewed
The facet joints, (or zygapophysial joints, zygapophyseal, apophyseal, or Z-joints) are a set of synovial, plane joints between the articular processes of two adjacent vertebrae.
There are two facet joints in each spinal motion segment and each facet joint is innervated by the recurrent meningeal nerves.
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Names
- Latin
- Articulationes zygapophysiales
- English
- Zygapophysial joints
- French
- Articulations zygapophysaires
- Spanish
- Articulaciones cigapofisarias
- Portuguese
- Articulações zigoapofisiárias