Researchers found evidence that the joints evolved as the species became active predators with jaws and mobile skeletons.

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These joints have a loose capsule and a synovial lining, thus they are apophyseal joints. The nerve root canal, also called the lateral recess, is adjacent to the pedicles and facet joints in the ...