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Pedicle of vertebral arch
A typical thoracic vertebra, viewed from above. (Pedicle labeled at left.)
A cervical vertebra. (Pedicle labeled at upper right.)
Latin	pediculus arcus vertebrae, radix arcus vertebrae
Gray's	subject #20 97
Dorlands/Elsevier	p_09/12622080

The pedicles are two short, thick processes, which project backward, one on either side, from the upper part of the body, at the junction of its posterior and lateral surfaces.

[edit] See also

• Pedicle
• Vertebral notch

[edit] External links

• Photo at waynesburg.edu
• Dictionary at eMedicine pedicle+of+arch+of+vertebra

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Spine edit

general structures: body of vertebra, vertebral arch (pedicle, lamina, vertebral notch), foramina (vertebral, intervertebral), processes (transverse, articular, spinous) cervical vertebrae: C1 (anterior arch, posterior arch, lateral mass), C2 (dens), C7, posterior tubercle, foramen transversarium thoracic vertebrae: costal facets (superior, inferior, transverse) lumbar vertebrae: accessory process, mammillary process sacrum/coccyx: pelvic surface (anterior sacral foramina, dorsal surface (posterior sacral foramina, median sacral crest, medial sacral crest, lateral sacral crest), lateral surface, base, sacral hiatus