spinous
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In the thoracic region, the downward projecting and overlapping spinous processes, along with the attached thoracic cage, greatly limit flexion, extension, and lateral flexion.
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They have short transverse processes and a short, blunt spinous process that projects posteriorly.
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The transverse and spinous processes serve as important muscle attachment sites.
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In the posterior neck, the supraspinous ligament enlarges to form the nuchal ligament, which attaches to the cervical spinous processes and to the base of the skull.
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In Var. hirtum the plant is turbinate, subsessile, and hairy, with slender, spinous warts.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
