💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Spinous process"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| transverse processnoun | (anatomy) Either of the two bony processes of a vertebra that project laterally from the neural arch at the junction of a pedicle and lamina and that provide attachment for muscles and ligaments concerned especially with rotation, lateral flexion, and stability of the spinal column. |
| acanthanoun | (botany) A prickle. |
| vertebral archnoun | (anatomy) The posterior part of a vertebra. |
| laminanoun | A thin layer, plate, or scale of material. |
| metapophysisnoun | (anatomy) A tubercle projecting from the anterior articular processes of some vertebrae; a mammillary process. |
| hyperapophysisnoun | (anatomy, zoology) A lateral and backward-projecting process on the dorsal side of a vertebra. |
| diapophysisnoun | (anatomy) The dorsal transverse process of a vertebra |
| pleurapophysisnoun | A process on a vertebra that is essentially a vertebral rib. |
| parapophysisnoun | (anatomy) The ventral transverse, or capitular, process of a vertebra. |
| spinenoun | (anatomy, zootomy) A series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a human, or from the head to the tail of an animal, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen. |
| anapophysisnoun | (animal anatomy) A backward-pointing process in the lumbar vertebrae of some mammals. |
| pterygoid processnoun | (anatomy) Each of a pair of projections extending downward from each side of the sphenoid bone in humans and other mammals. |
| zygopophysisnoun | (anatomy) One of the articular processes of the neural arch of a vertebra |
| vertebranoun | (anatomy) Any of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher vertebrates having a short more or less cylindrical body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent vertebrae and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord. |
| spinanoun | (anatomy) A spine; the backbone. |
| uncinate processnoun | (anatomy) A sickle-shaped extension of the ethmoid bone that projects posteroinferiorly from the ethmoidal labyrinth and articulates with the inferior nasal conchae. |
| hypapophysisnoun | (anatomy) A process, or other element, of a vertebra developed from the ventral side of the centrum. |
| processus mamillarisnoun | (anatomy) A rounded protuberance found on the posterior edge of the superior articular process of a lumbar vertebra. |
| anticlinal vertebranoun | (anatomy) The vertebra in a vertebral column which has a spinous process (spine) towards which the spines of all the other vertebrae are inclined; the vertebra at which the spine orientation changes. |
| prevertebranoun | Any of the structures that develop into the vertebrae |
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