| 释义 |
Metapophysis
Met`a`poph´y`sis
| n. | 1.(Anat.) A tubercle projecting from the anterior articular processes of some vertebræ; a mammillary process. |
metapophysis
mam·mil·lar·y pro·cess of lumbar vertebra [TA] a small apophysis or tubercle on the dorsal margin of the superior articular process of each of the lumbar vertebrae and usually of the twelfth thoracic vertebra. Synonym(s): processus mammillaris vertebrae lumbalis [TA], mammillary tubercle, metapophysismetapophysis (mĕt″ă-pŏf′ĭ-sĭs) [″ + apophysis, a process] Mammillary process on the superior articular processes of a vertebra. |