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Inferior Articular Facets of Eleventh Thoracic Vertebra
Skeletal System

Inferior Articular Facets of Eleventh Thoracic Vertebra

Facies articulares inferiores vertebrae thoracicae undecimae

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Description

The inferior articular facets are the smooth, anteriorly and slightly medially facing articular areas on the inferior articular processes of a thoracic vertebra. They articulate with the corresponding superior articular facets of the vertebra below, forming zygapophyseal joints.

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Thoracic Vertebra

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The thoracic inlet is best described as a thin axial plane of tissue best defined by its osseous boundaries: the body of the first thoracic vertebra posteriorly and superiorly, the first pair of ribs and their costal cartilages bilaterally, and the superior border of the manubrium anteriorly and inferiorly.

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