Physiology. A natural protuberance or process, arising from, and forming a continuous part of, a bone; esp. one of the processes on the spinal…

a lateral process of a vertebra.

Physiology. A tooth or process on the second cervical vertebra, upon which the head is turned.

Either of the two dorsal processes of a vertebra, each consisting of a pedicle and lamina, which unite in the midline to form the vertebral (neural)…

Either of a pair of transverse processes on the ventral side of the centrum of a vertebra, often serving as a point of attachment for a rib.

Either of a pair of lateral processes of a vertebra, in the thoracic region forming the ribs, and elsewhere fused to the diapophysis.

Owen's term for that portion of the hæmal arch of a typical vertebra situated between the pleurapophysis and the hæmal spine; represented in the…

Either of the two posterior or inferior articular processes (left and right) on the neural arch of a vertebra, which articulate with the…

A small bony process, springing in a backward direction from the neural arch of the vertebræ, between the metapophysis and diapophysis.

An apophysis, n. or spinous process on the lower or ventral side of a vertebral centrum.

A lateral process on the neural arch of a vertebra, articulating with the corresponding process of the next vertebra; an articular process. There…

A wedge-shaped or chevron-shaped process, generally situated between the centra, occurring on the ventral aspect of the vertebral column in many…

Each half of a vertebral (neural) arch. Obsolete.

= pleurapophysis, n.