Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
articular process Function:
noun : either of two processes on each side of a vertebra that articulate with adjoining vertebrae:
a : one oneach side of the neural arch that projects upward and articulates with an inferior articular process of the next more cranial vertebra called also
superior articular process b : one on each side of the neural arch that projects downward and articulates with a superior articular process of the next more caudal vertebra called also
inferior articular process
