adjective
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resembling a spine or thorn
the spinous process of a bone
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having spines or spiny projections
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another word for spinose
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Figure 7.25 Cervical Vertebrae A typical cervical vertebra has a small body, a bifid spinous process, transverse processes that have a transverse foramen and are curved for spinal nerve passage.
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The median sacral crest is formed by the fused vertebral spinous processes and the lateral sacral crest is derived from the fused transverse processes.
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These muscles bring together the spinous and transverse processes of each consecutive vertebra.
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A typical thoracic vertebra is distinguished by its long, downward projecting spinous process.
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Cautiously parting its spinous leaves and peering through, the young girl takes a survey, not of the woman, whom she well knows, but of a window—the only one in which there is a light.
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne
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