Zygapophysis


one of the four processes of a vertebra, occurring in pairs that interlock each vertebra with the vertebrae above and below.
historical examples

zygapophysis, zī-ga-pof′i-sis, n. one of the yoke-pieces or articulations of the vertebr: pl.
chambers’s twentieth century dictionary (part 4 of 4: s-z and supplements) various

noun (pl) -ses (-ˌsiːz)
(anatomy, zoology) one of several processes on a vertebra that articulates with the corresponding process on an adjacent vertebra

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