Explore: Transverse Processes

body. There are seven processes projecting from the vertebra: one spinous process two transverse processes four articular processes A major part of a vertebra

greater than is required for the accommodation of the spinal cord. The transverse processes are large; they project laterally and downward from the lateral masses

situated at the back and side of the neck. It originates from the transverse processes of the four uppermost cervical vertebrae; it inserts onto the upper

sacrum, spinous processes of the lumbar vertebrae, and transverse process of the last thoracic vertebra and inserts in the transverse processes of the lumbar

they are small and completely fused to the vertebrae. The vertebral transverse processes of mammals are homologous to the cervical ribs of other amniotes

and inferiorly to the lamina. The transverse processes arise from the arch behind the superior articular processes and pedicles; they are thick, strong

the whole length of the posterior surfaces of the transverse processes and the accessory processes of the lumbar vertebrae, and to the anterior layer

seven processes, four articular, two transverse and one spinous, the latter also being known as the neural spine. The transverse and spinous processes and

a superficial and a deep part. The deep part originates from the transverse processes of lumbar vertebrae L1–L5. The superficial part originates from the

bifurcate transverse processes (lymphapophyses) enclosing the lymphatic vessels; and a number of ribless caudal vertebrae with simple transverse processes. When