TRANSVERSE PROCESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transverse process mean? 

• TRANSVERSE PROCESS (noun)
  The noun TRANSVERSE PROCESS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TRANSVERSE PROCESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSVERSE PROCESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("transverse process" is a kind of...):

appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

Holonyms ("transverse process" is a part of...):

vertebra (one of the bony segments of the spinal column)

 Context examples 

A muscle originating from the anterior tubercle of the transverse processes of cervical vertebrae three through six that inserts at the basilar process of the occipital bone acting to turn the neck anteriorly.

(Longus Capitis, NCI Thesaurus)

A muscle originating for the transverse processes of the upper thoracic vertebrae which inserts into the transverse process of the upper and middle cervical vertebrae acting to extend the cervical spine.

(Longissimus Cervicis, NCI Thesaurus)

A muscle originating from the transverse processes of the lower thoracic vertebrae which inserts into the ribs between the angles and tubercles as well as the transverse and accessory processes of the upper lumbar vertebrae acting to extend the spine.

(Longissimus Thoracis, NCI Thesaurus)

A muscle originating from the transverse processes of the upper thoracic vertebrae and the articular processes of the lower cervical vertebrae which inserts into the mastoid process acting to keep the head upright and to move it backward or to one side.

(Longissimus Capitis, NCI Thesaurus)