Bone: Vertebral arch
A typical thoracic vertebra, viewed from above. (Vertebral arch is the bottom half.)
A cervical vertebra. (Vertebral arch is the bottom half.)
Latin	arcus vertebrae
Gray's	subject #20 96

The vertebral arch (or neural arch) is the posterior part of a vertebra.

It consists of a pair of pedicles and a pair of laminae, and supports seven processes:

• four articular processes
• two transverse processes
• one spinous process

[edit] See also

• Body of vertebra
• Spondylolysis

[edit] External links

• vertebral+arch at eMedicine Dictionary

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