Skeletal System
Superior Articular Facets of Seventh Cervical Vertebra
Facies articulares superior vertebrae cervicalis septimae
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The superior articular facets are the smooth, flat, posterosuperiorly facing articular areas on the superior articular processes of the seventh cervical vertebra. They articulate with the corresponding inferior articular facets of the vertebra above, 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.
