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 ...

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 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 ...

Oakland’s franchise quarterback could miss some extended time with a spine fracture, specifically a transverse process fracture which Tony Romo suffered in 2014. The transverse process is the ...

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 ...