spinous process

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The long rearward projection from the arch of a vertebra that provides a point of attachment for muscles and ligaments.

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	Which thoracic vertebrae has a spinous process that projects directly posterior so that the tip of the spinous process is in the same plane as the transverse process of its associated vertebrae?
	Vertebral column A body --B intervertebral foramina--C spinous process--Dsuperior articular process--E-transverse process---F vertebral arch 3provide levers for the muscle to pull against?
	What is the function of the spinous process?

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		Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more
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