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transverse process

A process projecting outward from the side of a vertebra.

transverse process

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy either of the projections that arise from either side of a vertebra and provide articulation for the ribs

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transverse process - one of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribs

vertebra - one of the bony segments of the spinal column

appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"

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accessory vertebral vein appendage diapophysis Intertransverse outgrowth process Suchospondylous vein vena vena vertebralis accessoria venous blood vessel vertebra Vertebrarterial			Scores were based on changes around the vertical and transverse processes of the spine as palpated by one experienced technician and ranged from 1. Crude Protein for Diets Fed to Weaned Dairy Calves by T M Hill and H G II Bateman and J M PAS Aldrich and R L Schlotterbeck / Professional Animal Scientist The muscle belly of scalenus anterior can be clearly seen at the level of T1 soon after leaving the first rib, dividing at C7, and greatly diminished at C6 as it tapers and becomes tendinous towards its insertions into the cervical transverse processes (Figure 3). The posterior triangle of the neck: where is scalenus anterior? by Kennedy, Ewan; Mercer, Susan / New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy 7,8) Our patient had involvement in four vertebral bodies, as well as the transverse processes. Active pulmonary tuberculosis with vertebra and rib involvement: case ... by Uyar, Mehtap E. / Southern Medical Journal			Transumptive transuranic transuranic element transurethral transurethral resection of the prostate Transvaal Transvaal daisy Transvaal kafferboom Transvaalian transvalue Transvasate Transvasation Transvection Transverberate transversal transversally transverse transverse arch Transverse axis transverse colon transverse dune transverse flute transverse muscle of abdomen Transverse partition transverse process Transverse processes transverse sinus transverse wave transversely transversion transversus abdominis transversus abdominis muscle Transvert transverter Transvertible transvestic transvestism transvestite transvestitism Transvolation Transylvania Transylvanian Alps Trant Tranter tranylcypromine trap trap block trap door trap gun trap house trap line			transverse parallel Transverse partition Transverse pericardial sinus Transverse pericardial sinus Transverse pericardial sinus transverse perineal muscle, deep transverse perineal muscle, deep transverse perineal muscle, deep transverse perineal muscle, superficial transverse perineal muscle, superficial transverse perineal muscle, superficial transverse piezoelectric effect transverse plane transverse plane transverse plane transverse plane transverse plane of space transverse plane of space transverse plane of space Transverse Polarimeter transverse pole Transverse Preputial Island Flap Transverse Preputial Tubularized Island Flap transverse presentation transverse presentation transverse presentation transverse presentation transverse prestress transverse process transverse process Transverse processes Transverse Ray Aberration Transverse Ray Aberration transverse recording transverse rectal folds Transverse Rectus Abdominis Myocutaneous Transverse Rectus Abdominis Myocutaneous Flap Transverse Rectus Abdominus Myocutaneous Flap Transverse Rectus Abdominus Myocutaneous Flap Transverse redundancy check Transverse redundancy check transverse reinforcement transverse relaxation time Transverse Relaxation-Optimized Spectroscopy Transverse Resonance Diffraction Transverse Resonance Method Transverse Resonance Technique Transverse Return Loss transverse rhombencephalic flexure transverse rhumb line Transverse rib transverse ridge transverse ridge transverse ridge transverse ripple mark Transverse Rotating-frame Overhauser Enhancement Spectroscopy Transverse Rupture Strength Transverse scapular transverse scapular artery Transverse scapular vessels

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