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TAKE THE QUIZinferior articular process
noun
: a process of a vertebra that lies on each side of the neural arch and projects downward and articulates with a superior articular process of the next more caudal vertebra
The inferior articular processes have vertical convex articular facets which face anterolaterally.—
Gray's Anatomy, 39th edition
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