- transverse process
- noun Date: 1696 a lateral process of a vertebra
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
transverse process
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transverse process — n a process that projects on the dorsolateral aspect of each side of the neural arch of a vertebra * * * the long projection from the base of the neural arch of a vertebra … Medical dictionary
transverse process — n. a process projecting laterally from a vertebra … English World dictionary
transverse process — parapophysis (plural parapophyses)(a long, transverse process arising from the abdominal vertebral centrum. Parapophyses serve to support epipleural ribs (q.v.) when present and, in Gadidae, the gas bladder. In Clupeiformes they are not fused to… … Dictionary of ichthyology
transverse process — transverse′ proc ess n. anat. a process that projects from the sides of a vertebra • Etymology: 1690–1700 … From formal English to slang
transverse process — a process that projects from the sides of a vertebra. See diag. under vertebra. [1690 1700] * * * … Universalium
transverse process — /trænzvɜs ˈproʊsɛs/ (say tranzvers prohses) noun a process which projects from the sides of a vertebra …
transverse process — noun one of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribs • Hypernyms: ↑process, ↑outgrowth, ↑appendage • Part Holonyms: ↑vertebra … Useful english dictionary
transverse process — the long projection from the base of the neural arch of a vertebra … The new mediacal dictionary
transverse foramen — n a foramen in each transverse process of a cervical vertebra through which the vertebral artery and vertebral vein pass in each cervical vertebra except the seventh * * * f. transversarium … Medical dictionary
Transverse processes — Infobox Bone Name = Transverse processes Latin = processus transversus vertebrae GraySubject = 20 GrayPage = 97 Caption = A cervical vertebra. (Transverse process labeled at upper right.) Caption2 = A thoracic vertebra. (Transverse process… … Wikipedia
