transverse process — n a process that projects on the dorsolateral aspect of each side of the neural arch of a vertebra * * * the long projection from the base of the neural arch of a vertebra … Medical dictionary
transverse process — n. a process projecting laterally from a vertebra … English World dictionary
transverse process — transverse′ proc ess n. anat. a process that projects from the sides of a vertebra • Etymology: 1690–1700 … From formal English to slang
transverse process — noun Date: 1696 a lateral process of a vertebra … New Collegiate Dictionary
transverse process — a process that projects from the sides of a vertebra. See diag. under vertebra. [1690 1700] * * * … Universalium
transverse process — /trænzvɜs ˈproʊsɛs/ (say tranzvers prohses) noun a process which projects from the sides of a vertebra …
transverse process — noun one of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribs • Hypernyms: ↑process, ↑outgrowth, ↑appendage • Part Holonyms: ↑vertebra … Useful english dictionary
transverse process — the long projection from the base of the neural arch of a vertebra … The new mediacal dictionary
transverse foramen — n a foramen in each transverse process of a cervical vertebra through which the vertebral artery and vertebral vein pass in each cervical vertebra except the seventh * * * f. transversarium … Medical dictionary
Transverse processes — Infobox Bone Name = Transverse processes Latin = processus transversus vertebrae GraySubject = 20 GrayPage = 97 Caption = A cervical vertebra. (Transverse process labeled at upper right.) Caption2 = A thoracic vertebra. (Transverse process… … Wikipedia