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Definition of Transverse process
1. Noun. One of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribs.
Medical Definition of Transverse process
1. 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. Synonym: processus transversus. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Transverse Process
Literary usage of Transverse process
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cat: An Introduction to the Study of Backboned Animals, Especially Mammals by St. George Jackson Mivart (1881)
"In the fourth and third vertebrae the transverse process becomes simpler and
relatively more extended from before backwards, but ia always perforated. ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"order fully to expose this ligament, a horizontal section should be made across
the transverse process and corresponding part of the rib ; or the rib may be ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In the human spine the distinguishing character of all the cervical vertebras is
the foramen at the root of the transverse process, but amongst mammals this ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"In the human spine tho distinguishing character of all the cervical vertebras is
the foramen-at tho root of the transverse process, but amongst mammals this ..."
5. American Journal of Roentgenology by American Radium Society (1919)
"GROUP I. The left transverse process is higher than normal and signs of a slight
degree of arthritis are observed in the right sacro-iliac joint. ..."
6. An introduction to the osteology of the mammalia: Being the Substance of the by William Henry Flower (1876)
"... t upper transverse process ; t' lower transverse process. of that region; and
yet tried by every other test, the special homology of the transverse ..."
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