Facet joints directions

[pulke]

Hello Esther,

Thanks for your reply.
All I'm interested at is the position in space of the facets joints.
I know that as you go down the spine the facet joint's teo aaa are sliding on each other in a different angle and I wonder what this angle is in each are.
not clinical - just theory...
It is more of a student question asking about the spine anatomy...

Regards,


Eran

[sudhakar]

Hi Pulke,
In cervical spine facet joint is oriented at an 45 degree angle(towards the eyes-horizontal plane).Whereas in thoracic it more vertically oriented.But in lumbar region facet joint is oriented in sagital plane.
This knowlegdge about alignment is more useful when using Mulligan approach.