spinous

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These muscles bring together the spinous and transverse processes of each consecutive vertebra.

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On the posterior sacrum, the median sacral crest is derived from the fused spinous processes, and the lateral sacral crest results from the fused transverse processes.

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Figure 7.25 Cervical Vertebrae A typical cervical vertebra has a small body, a bifid spinous process, transverse processes that have a transverse foramen and are curved for spinal nerve passage.

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The supraspinous ligament is located on the posterior side of the vertebral column, where it interconnects the spinous processes of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae.

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Subspinous, sub-spī′nus, adj. somewhat spinous: under the spinal column, or a spinous process.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various