Attachments of mammillary process: The multifidi muscle attaches to the mammillary process and helps to stabilize the vertebral joints.

From the ninth cervical vertebra to the back, the vertebral joints show the remains of articular capsules.

Some hip muscles also act on either the knee joint or on vertebral joints.

In their view, manipulation relieves aching backs because it restores normal mobility to vertebral joints that are abnormally stiff, altering the function of adjacent muscles and nerves.

In contrast, a spondyloarthropathy is a condition involving the vertebral joints, but many conditions involve both spondylopathy and spondyloarthropathy.

The name Xenarthra means "strange joints", and was chosen because their vertebral joints have extra articulations and are unlike those of any other mammals.

This is done to improve mobility in the vertebral joints.

In many cases spondylitis involves one or more vertebral joints as well, which itself is called spondylarthritis.

Spondylitis is one of the most common causes of back and neck pain, and results from inflammation of the vertebral joints.

Sometimes, when vertebral joints are misaligned, patients benefit from manipulation by an osteopath or chiropractor.