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transverse process

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables
trans-verse pro-cess
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of the two bony processes of a vertebra that project laterally from the neural arch at the junction of a pedicle and lamina and that provide attachment for muscles and ligaments concerned especially with rotation, lateral flexion, and stability of the spinal column.

Inflected Forms

transverse processes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

articular process spinous process

Questions

What does transverse process mean?
Either of the two bony processes of a vertebra that project laterally from the neural arch at the junction of a pedicle and lamina and that provide attachment for muscles and ligaments concerned especially with rotation, lateral flexion, and stability of the spinal column.

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