spinous
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The C1 vertebra does not have a body or spinous process.
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The characteristic feature for a typical midthoracic vertebra is the spinous process, which is long and has a pronounced downward angle that causes it to overlap the next inferior vertebra.
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Arising from the vertebral arch are the transverse, spinous, superior articular, and inferior articular processes.
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These muscles bring together the spinous and transverse processes of each consecutive vertebra.
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Subspinous, sub-spī′nus, adj. somewhat spinous: under the spinal column, or a spinous process.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
