Superior articular facet of vertebra

Facies articularis superior vertebrae

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Definition

Articular surface of the superior articular process, directed more or less backward.

This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).

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