Process (anatomy)
Process | |
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lumbar vertebra. | |
Details | |
Identifiers | |
Latin | processus |
TA98 | A02.0.00.028 |
TA2 | 397 |
FMA | 75428 |
Anatomical terminology] |
In
articular processes).[2] The word is also used at the microanatomic level, where cells can have processes such as cilia or pedicels. Depending on the tissue, processes may also be called by other terms, such as apophysis, tubercle
, or protuberance.
Examples
Examples of processes include:
- The many processes of the human skull:
- The mastoid and styloid processesof the temporal bone
- The zygomatic process of the temporal bone
- The zygomatic process of the frontal bone
- The lateral, frontal, and maxillary processesof the zygomatic bone
- The anterior, middle, and posterior clinoid processes and the petrosal process of the sphenoid bone
- The uncinate process of the ethmoid bone
- The jugular process of the occipital bone
- The zygomatic, and palatine processesof the maxilla
- The ethmoidal and maxillary processes of the inferior nasal concha
- The pyramidal, orbital, and sphenoidal processes of the palatine bone
- The coronoid and condyloid processes of the mandible
- The
- The xiphoid process at the end of the sternum
- The acromion and coracoid processesof the scapula
- The coronoid process of the ulna
- The radial and ulnar styloid processes
- The uncinate processes of ribs found in birds and reptiles
- The uncinate process of the pancreas
- The vertebrae
- The trochlear processof the heel
- The appendix, which is sometimes called the "vermiform process", notably in Gray's Anatomy
- The olecranon process of the ulna
See also
Notes
References
- Dorland's Medical Dictionary