spinous
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The fused spinous processes form the median sacral crest, while the lateral sacral crest arises from the fused transverse processes.
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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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Arising from the vertebral arch are the transverse, spinous, superior articular, and inferior articular processes.
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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
