Espiral AtlasSpinous process of the thoracic vertebra
processus spinosus
Study entry
Description
Median process projecting backward (and usually downward) from the vertebral arch.
Relations
Attachment of deep back muscles and a lever for them.
Source: cap. 2, «Vértebras: vértebras: estructura» y «Características regionales de las vértebras»
Other structures in this region
- Body of the cervical vertebra
- Pedicle of the cervical vertebra
- Lamina of the cervical vertebra
- Vertebral foramen (cervical)
- Spinous process of the cervical vertebra
- Transverse process of the cervical vertebra
- Superior articular process of the cervical vertebra
- Inferior articular process of the cervical vertebra