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Transverse process   /trænzvˈərs prˈɑsˌɛs/   Listen
Transverse process

noun
1.
One of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribs.





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"Transverse process" Quotes from Famous Books



... at which to apply digital compression, it is essential that the vessel should be lying over a bone which will furnish the necessary resistance. The common carotid, for example, is pressed backward and medially against the transverse process (carotid tubercle) of the sixth cervical vertebra; the temporal against the temporal process (zygoma) in front of the ear; and the facial against the mandible at the ...
— Manual of Surgery - Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. • Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles


Words linked to "Transverse process" :   vertebra, outgrowth, process, appendage


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