| 释义 |
‖ interˈcentrum Comp. Anat.
[f. inter- 3 + centrum.]
A wedge-shaped or chevron-shaped process, generally situated between the centra, occurring on the ventral aspect of the vertebral column in many Vertebrates, and especially in Reptiles; = hypapophysis.
1878E. D. Cope in Amer. Naturalist XII. 319 The basal portions of the chevron bones are continued throughout the greater part of the vertebral column in the Permian genera Clepsydrops, Metarmasaurus and Epicaudylus, forming elements to which I have given the name of intercentra. 1891Boulanger in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 115 [Treated as synonymous with Hypapophysis]. 1897Eadow in Phil. Trans. CLXXXVII B. 24. |