Facet Joint Syndrome

  • Facet Joint Syndrome

    by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP)

    ANATOMY Joint is the meeting point of two or more bones. The joint allows the movement of bones. The bones of the spine are called vertebrae. Vertebrae are interconnected through facet joints, else known as zygoapophyseal joints or apophyseal joints. Every vertebra has two pairs of facet joints. The two processes (apophyses) sticking out of […]