Musculoskeletal Back

Question 1

What are the Joints of Luschka (AKA Uncovertebral joints) and where are they found?

Answer 1

• joints between the uncinate process and vertebral bodies (C3-C7) and below the inferiolateral surface of the vertebral body above.
• only in C3-C7 vertebra (limit lateral translation of side-flexion)