Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The inferior or (in man) anterior one of two transverse processes which may exist on each side of a vertebra, the superior or posterior one being a diapophysis.
- noun In fishes, a transverse process of the abdominal vertebræ. These processes usually bear ribs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The ventral transverse, or capitular, process of a vertebra. See
vertebra .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy The
ventral transverse , orcapitular ,process of avertebra .
Etymologies
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Examples
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* In tetrapods with two-headed ribs, the more ventral rib head contacts a facet on the vertebra known as the parapophysis (plural parapophyses), while the more dorsal rib head contacts a facet known as the diapophysis (plural diapophyses).
‘Angloposeidon’, the unreported story, part IV Darren Naish 2006
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* In tetrapods with two-headed ribs, the more ventral rib head contacts a facet on the vertebra known as the parapophysis (plural parapophyses), while the more dorsal rib head contacts a facet known as the diapophysis (plural diapophyses).
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Page 214 quarter inches long, including convexity, which equals half an inch, and six inches from the end of one parapophysis to the other; across the concave articulation nearly two and a half inches; across the convex, two inches; length of the lateral process, nearly two inches.
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: D, dorsal vertebra; di, diapophysis; pa, parapophysis; pcdl, posterior centrodiapophyseal lamina; poz, postzygapophysis; ppdl, paradiapophyseal lamina; prz, prezygapophysis. [planned for page width] doi: 10.1371/journal. pone.0009789.g004
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Joseph J. W. Sertich et al. 2010
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As in other basal sauropodomorphs, a thin laminar paradiapophyseal lamina extends from the parapophysis along the ventral surface of the transverse process.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Joseph J. W. Sertich et al. 2010
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