Diapophysis

Word DIAPOPHYSIS
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Hyphenation di a poph y sis
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Definitions and meanings of "Diapophysis"

What do we mean by diapophysis?

The superior or articular surface of the transverse process of a vertebra. noun

The transverse process proper of a vertebra; the lateral process from each side of the neural arch, paired with its fellow of the opposite side of the same vertebra. noun

The dorsal transverse, or tubercular, process of a vertebra. See vertebra. noun

The dorsal transverse process of a vertebra noun

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The word "diapophysis" in example sentences

If this identification is right, then the diapophysis of MIWG. 7306 is uniquely odd, as it possesses a small rhomboidal opening near its (presumed) posterior border. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

* 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). ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

I thought later on that it might be a partial diapophysis*, as those of brachiosaurids can descend ventrally from the side of the centrum as plate-like processes with smoothly convex lateral surfaces. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

I now have serious doubts about my identification of this object as a diapophysis, and I think that David was right with the neural spine identification. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

: 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 ❋ Joseph J. W. Sertich Et Al. (2010)

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