Skeletal System
Inferior Articular Facets of Seventh Cervical Vertebra
Facies articulares inferior vertebrae cervicalis septimae
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The inferior articular facets are the smooth, flat, anteroinferiorly facing articular areas on the inferior articular processes of the seventh cervical vertebra. They articulate with the corresponding superior articular facets of the vertebra below, forming zygapophyseal joints.
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Seventh Cervical Vertebra
It is considered a continuation of the superior spinous and interspinous ligaments from the spine of the seventh cervical vertebra through the external occipital protuberans.
