Landmark · Skeletal system
Spinous process
Processus spinosus
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Trunk, Abdomen, Back
- Landmark on
- Vertebra L3
DescriptionUnreviewed
A major part of a vertebra is a backward extending spinous process (sometimes called the neural spine) which projects centrally.
This process points dorsally and caudally from the junction of the laminae.
The spinous process serves to attach muscles and ligaments.
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Names
- Latin
- Processus spinosus
- English
- Spinous process
- French
- Processus épineux
- Spanish
- Proceso espinoso
- Portuguese
- Processo espinhoso