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transverse process

n.
A process projecting outward from the side of a vertebra.
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trans·verse pro·cess

(trans-vĕrs' pros'es)
A bony protrusion on either side of the arch of a vertebra, from the junction of the lamina and pedicle, which functions as a lever for attached muscles.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

transverse process

A bony protuberance on each side of a vertebra to which muscles are attached.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

transverse process

lateral projections from each node of the neural arch of tetrapod vertebrates to which ribs are attached.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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The poor known taxa from China Chinchenia sungi Young 1965, Kwangisaurus orientalis Young 1959, and Sanchiaosaurus dengi Young 1965, have prominent transverse processes and, again, amphicoelous centra (Rieppel, 1999), unlike UPUAM 14072.
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The well-described transverse in-plane ultrasound-guided approach (1) involves visualisation of the pleura and transverse process in long axis, by medio-lateral probe orientation (Figure 1) and placement of the needle tip deep to the transverse process.
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All the analysed trajectories were considered as starting from the same entry point, established at thelateral border of the superior facet where it intersects the midportion of the transverse process.
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(1) The articular pillars are found behind each transverse process at the junction of the pedicle and lamina.
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