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<strong>Thoracic</strong> <strong>Vertebrae</strong>page 6 <strong>of</strong> 6ii.Homologue <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> lumbar transverse processc. Inferior tuberclei. Small, located below <strong>the</strong> superior tubercle and posterior to <strong>the</strong>lateral tubercleii.Homologue <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> lumbar accessory process3. Articular process and faceta. Superior articular facet: like that <strong>of</strong> a typical thoracic vertebrab. Inferior articular facet: lumbar-likei. Faces forward, laterally, and downward (FoLD)ii.Facet surface is distinctly convex4. Spinous process: short (anterior to posterior), broad (superior to inferior),and horizontal, like those <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> lumbar vertebrae ('hatchet'-shaped)
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