| Bone: Vertebral arch | |
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| A typical thoracic vertebra, viewed from above. (Vertebral arch is the bottom half.) | |
| A cervical vertebra. (Vertebral arch is the bottom half.) | |
| Latin | arcus vertebrae |
| Gray's | subject #20 96 |
The vertebral arch (or neural arch) is the posterior part of a vertebra.
It consists of a pair of pedicles and a pair of laminae, and supports seven processes:
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