In the centre of a pumice-covered plateau from loon to 2000 ft. In 1886 there was a serious volcanic eruption in the outlying island of Nivafoou, and at the same time Falcon Reef, normally awash at high water, discharged sufficient scoriae and pumice to form a new island 50 ft.
The superior facet, also called the superior articular process, is a pair of facet joints between pairs of vertebrae. A facet joint is what holds two vertebrae together and each vertebra contains two pairs, an upper-facing superior facet pair and a lower-facing inferior facet pair.
The head of the mandibular condylar process articulates in the mandibular fossa of the temporal bone (Fig. 33.4). This synovial joint has a joint capsule that extends between the articular cartilages and fibrocartilaginous disk separating the articular surfaces. The lateral aspect of the joint capsule is strengthened by the lateral ligament.