Transverse nerve of neck
transverse nerve of neck n.
A branch of the cervical plexus that supplies the skin over the anterior triangle of the neck.
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noun a plane across the body at right angles to the coronal and sagittal plane and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of a body or object; also, a plane dividing the body into an upper and lower section; also called horizontal plane transverse plane n. See horizontal plane.
- Transverse-presentation
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- Transverse-process
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- Transverses
adjective 1. lying or extending across or in a cross direction; cross. 2. (of a flute) having a mouth hole in the side of the tube, near its end, across which the player’s breath is directed. Compare end-blown. 3. (of an automotive engine) mounted with the crankshaft oriented sideways. noun 4. something that is transverse. […]