A transverse process is a bony protrusion from the back of a vertebrae bone in the spine. There is one on each side of every vertebrae in the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine. … A transverse ...

"(The transverse process) was a tough one to learn in medical school, but if you think about our spine, it's a bunch of bones ...

The posterior column is represented by the pedicles, facet joints, lamina, spinous and transverse processes, and ligamentous complex. In the case of a Chance fracture, all three columns are ...

While a transverse process fracture is technically an injury to the spine, it is not an injury to the spinal cord — the two are nowhere near one another (relatively speaking). Transverse ...

The complex three-dimensional anatomy and pathology of the spine offers an excellent ... relationships between the facet joints, the transverse processes, the pedicles, the vertebral bodies ...

The deep muscles of the back fit into or affix parts of themselves to the grooves in the spinous processes, or the protrusion of the bone than can be felt through the skin. Lower back pain is a ...

Facet joints, or zygapophyseal joints, are true synovial joints in the spine that have been identified ... nerves course over the base of the transverse process at the junction of the superior ...