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Transverse process

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spinous processnoun(anatomy) A bony process of a vertebra that projects posteriorly from the neural arch and serves as attachment for muscles and ligaments.
laminanounA thin layer, plate, or scale of material.
diapophysisnoun(anatomy) The dorsal transverse process of a vertebra
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.
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.
acanthanoun(botany) A prickle.
parapophysisnoun(anatomy) The ventral transverse, or capitular, process of a vertebra.
processus mamillarisnoun(anatomy) A rounded protuberance found on the posterior edge of the superior articular process of a lumbar vertebra.
transversectomynoun(surgery) A colectomy involving the removal of only the transverse colon.
anapophysisnoun(animal anatomy) A backward-pointing process in the lumbar vertebrae of some mammals.
pleurapophysisnounA process on a vertebra that is essentially a vertebral rib.
pterygoid processnoun(anatomy) Each of a pair of projections extending downward from each side of the sphenoid bone in humans and other mammals.
densnoun(anatomy) A toothlike process projecting from the anterior end of the centrum of the axis vertebra on which the atlas vertebra rotates.
zygopophysisnoun(anatomy) One of the articular processes of the neural arch of a vertebra
vaginal processnoun(embryology) An outpouching of peritoneum through the inguinal canal, from which the serous membrane (tunica vaginalis) covering the testicle is derived.
prevertebranounAny of the structures that develop into the vertebrae
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.
hypapophysisnoun(anatomy) A process, or other element, of a vertebra developed from the ventral side of the centrum.
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.

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