Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Situated between the transverse processes of successive vertebræ: specifically applied to ligaments and muscles of the spinal column so placed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Between the transverse processes of the vertebræ.
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- adjective anatomy Between the
transverse processes of thevertebrae .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The intertransverse ligaments are interposed between the transverse processes.
III. Syndesmology. 5. Articulations of the Trunk. a. Articulations of the Vertebral Column 1918
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The Lateral Sacrococcygeal Ligament (ligamentum sacrococcygeum laterale; intertransverse ligament).
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The posterior layer is attached to the spinous processes of the lumbar and sacral vertebræ and to the supraspinal ligament; the anterior layer is attached, medially, to the tips of the transverse processes of the lumbar vertebræ and to the intertransverse ligaments, below, to the iliolumbar ligament, and above, to the lumbocostal ligament.
IV. Myology. 6. The Fasciæ and Muscles of the Trunk. a. The Deep Muscles of the Back 1918
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