/njʊərəˈpɒfᵻsiːz/, U.S. /ˌn(j)ʊrəˈpɑfəsiz/.neurapophysisn.
/njʊərəˈpɒfᵻsɪs/, U.S. /ˌn(j)ʊrəˈpɑfəsəs//njʊərəˈpɒfᵻsiːz/, U.S. /ˌn(j)ʊrəˈpɑfəsiz/. Zoology and Anatomy. Now rare.† 2. The spinous process of a vertebra. Obsolete. rare.
1. 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) arch.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > spine > [noun] > vertebra of > processes of
apophysis1611
transverse process1696
axis1701
neurapophysis1840
parapophysis1846
pleurapophysis1848
haemapophysis1849
postzygapophysis1851
anapophysis1854
hypapophysis1854
zygapophysis1854
intercentrum1878
neuroid1887
pleuroid1887
1840 R. Owen in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1839: Rep. State Sci. 47 Two superior laminæ developed to protect the great nervous cord which rests on the upper surface of the centrum, and which I have therefore proposed to call neurapophyses.
1859 Proc. Royal Soc. 1857–9 9 428 It is another very general, if not invariable rule, that a distinct centre of ossification appears in, or on, each neural semi-arc or Neurapophysis.
1887 Amer. Naturalist 21 945 Owen's names, ‘neurapophysis’ and ‘pleurapophysis,’ are not correct; the neural and pleural arches are no processes of the vertebræ, but are distinct parts.
1959 Q. Rev. Biol. 34 23/1 It of course does not follow that the neurocentral suture..always represents the primitive zone of contact between neurapophysis and centrum.
1999 Fishery Bull. 97 1035 Ossifications also form at bases of the two neurapophyses.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > spine > [noun] > vertebra of > parts of
pedicle1828
centrum1838
neurapophysis1870
zygostyle1881
pleurocentrum1882
neurocentrum1884
1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. II. Gloss. 590 Neurapophysis. The ‘spinous process’ of a vertebra, or the process formed at the point of junction of the neural arches.
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 35 This is the spinous process, neural spine, or neurapophysis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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