Vertebra

From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium

In anatomy, a vertebra is a bone in the spinal column.^[1] The zygapophyseal joint (facet joint) is "the joint that occurs between facets of the interior and superior articular processes of adjacent vertebra."^[2]

Disorders

Various disorders may lead to lumbalgia (low back pain).

• Spondylosis
• Spondylolysis
• Spondylolisthesis
• Zygapophyseal joint osteoarthritis.

References

1. ↑ Anonymous, (2009) Vertebra (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
2. ↑ Anonymous, (2009) Zygapophyseal Joint (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.