posterior articular facet 817

Unit page, primary language: EN, subsidiary: LA, interface: EN, work in progress

posterior articular facet

Identification

Official Latin term	facies articularis posterior dentis axis
Official term	posterior articular facet
Official FMA term	posterior articular facet of dens
Unit identifier	TAH:U817
Unit type	single
Materiality	immaterial

Navigation

Link to the unit	posterior articular facet
Links of entity	generic: posterior articular facet
Entity-oriented links	Universal page Definition page
External links	TA98 FMA PubMed
Partonomic links	Level 2: vertebral column Short Extended
	Level 3: cervical vertebrae Short Extended
	Level 4: axis
Taxonomic links	Level 2: anatomical surface Short Extended
	Level 3: surface of region of organ
Subsidiary language with Latin
Non Latin primary language

Taxonomic definition

The posterior articular facet is an articular face of dens of axis

] which is a horizontal groove receiving the transverse ligament of atlas.

Partonomy

TAH:E10200	human body
TAH:U259	skeletal system SOS
TAH:U268	axial skeletal system SOS
TAH:U769	vertebral column SOS
TAH:U778	vertebrae TOS
TAH:U795	cervical vertebrae TOT
TAH:U813	axis SOT
TAH:U814	dens of axis SOS
TAH:U817	posterior articular facet MES

Taxonomy

FMA:62955	anatomical entity
FMA:61775	physical entity
FMA:67112	immaterial entity
FMA:50705	anatomical boundary
FMA:24137	anatomical surface
FMA:242980	bona fide anatomical surface
FMA:45688	surface of region of organ
FMA:33365	surface of region of bone
FMA:37022	surface of region of vertebra
FMA:65159	subdivision of surface of vertebral body
FMA:65557	articular face of dens of axis
FMA:24092	posterior articular facet

Date: 15.06.2025