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In [[anatomy]], a '''vertebra''' is a bone in the spinal column.<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>
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In [[anatomy]], a '''vertebra''' is a bone in the spinal column.<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> The zygapophyseal joint (facet joint) is "the joint that occurs between facets of the interior and superior articular processes of adjacent vertebra."<ref>{{MeSH|Zygapophyseal Joint}}</ref>
{{Image|Grays 82.gif|right|350px|A typical thoracic vertebra, viewed from above.}}
{{Image|Grays 82.gif|right|350px|A typical thoracic vertebra, viewed from above.}}
{{Image|Gray - image83.gif|right|350px|Sagittal section of a lumbar vertebra.}}
{{Image|Gray - image83.gif|right|350px|Sagittal section of a lumbar vertebra.}}
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* [[Spondylolysis]]  
* [[Spondylolysis]]  
* [[Spondylolisthesis]]
* [[Spondylolisthesis]]
* Facet joint osteoarthritis. An underpowered [[randomized controlled trial]] found one of 10 patients benefited from [[corticosteroid]] injection of the facet joint.<ref name="pmid1832209">{{cite journal| author=Carette S, Marcoux S, Truchon R, Grondin C, Gagnon J, Allard Y et al.| title=A controlled trial of corticosteroid injections into facet joints for chronic low back pain. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 1991 | volume= 325 | issue= 14 | pages= 1002-7 | pmid=1832209
* [[Zygapophyseal joint]] osteoarthritis.
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1832209 }} <!--Formatted by http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/cite/--></ref> However, possibly due to the small size of the trial, this result did not reach [[statistical significance]].




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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]

A typical thoracic vertebra, viewed from above.
Sagittal section of a lumbar vertebra.

Disorders

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


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