NOUN
- (botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers
- (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra
How To Use apophysis In A Sentence
- * 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
- The history and clinical picture of avulsion of the ischial apophysis closely mimics that of a hamstring injury.
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- In younger patients, nonossified bone present at growth plates such as the femoral head epiphysis and the anterior superior iliac spine apophysis is susceptible to injury until the skeleton matures.
- The scapula (with supra-scapula) is the pleurapophysis, the coracoid the hæmapophysis, of the occipital vertebra. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
- He argued that the “worm-like appendage” [epiphysis or apophysis] of the cerebellum (nowadays known as the vermis superior cerebelli) is much better qualified to play this role (Kühn 1822, pp. 674-683; May 1968, vol. 1, pp. 418-423). Descartes and the Pineal Gland
- The iliac apophysis ossifies in a predictable fashion from anterolateral to posteromedial along the iliac crest.
- The central region extending between the apophysis and the operculum is composed of sterile tissue and forms the columella (c). Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
- He argued that the “worm-like appendage” [epiphysis or apophysis] of the cerebellum (nowadays known as the vermis superior cerebelli) is much better qualified to play this role (Kühn 1822, pp. 674-683; May 1968, vol. 1, pp. 418-423). Descartes and the Pineal Gland
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