transverse process

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• In the sacral region, these fasciculi arise from the back of the sacrum, as low as the fourth sacral foramen, from the aponeurosis of origin of the Sacrospinalis, from the medial surface of the posterior superior iliac spine, and from the posterior sacroiliac ligaments; in the lumbar region, from all the mamillary processes; in the thoracic region, from all the transverse processes; and in the cervical region, from the articular processes of the lower four vertebræ. IV. Myology. 6. The Fasciæ and Muscles of the Trunk. a. The Deep Muscles of the Back
• There are no transverse costal pits on the transverse processes of the eleventh and twelfth vertebrae.
• The lumbar form of transverse process may be present in the eleventh thoracic vertebra.
• Objective: To investigate the clinical and radiological feature, and to evaluate the effect of partial transverse process resection-plasty for lumbosacral transitional vertebra syndrome.
• A subtle sign of instability is a fracture of the tip of the transverse process of L5, caused by avulsion of the iliolumbar ligament.
• The transverse process of the seventh vertebra may be bifid, and occasionally the costal process is replaced by a cervical rib.
• A fracture of the transverse process of a lumbar vertebra may damage the ureter.
• The ascending cervical artery (a. cervicalis ascendens) is a small branch which arises from the inferior thyroid as that vessel is passing behind the carotid sheath; it runs up on the anterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the cervical vertebræ in the interval between the Scalenus anterior and Longus capitis. VI. The Arteries. 4. The Arteries of the Upper Extremity. a. The Subclavian Artery
• Near the base of the pedicel, the transverse process projects lateroventrally.
• The transverse process of the seventh vertebra may be bifid, and occasionally the costal process is replaced by a cervical rib.