- The
articular process or
zygapophysis (Gr****: ζυγόν, romanized: zugón, lit. 'yoke' + apophysis) of a
vertebra is a
projection of the
vertebra that serves...
- over the
upper sides of the rear
joint processes, the
postzygapophyses.
These postzygapophyses themselves project far
beyond the rear
facet of the vertebral...
-
fossa between postzygapophyses in
Hypsirhophus versus vertical grooves in Stegosaurus,
Median ridge extending from base of
postzygapophyses to
neural canal...
-
ridges (pre- and
postspinal laminae)
connecting them to the pre- and
postzygapophyses (the
articulation points of the
neural arches). In the
middle of its...
-
extremely elongated,
representing half of the snout-sacrum length. The
postzygapophyses, rear
joint processes, of the neck
vertebrae bear no epipophyses, additional...
- axis bone (the
second cervical vertebra) had a
heavy spine, and its
postzygapophyses (the
processes of the
vertebrae that
articulated with the prezygapophyses...
-
spinous processes got
larger towards the
posterior end,
while the
postzygapophyses became smaller and less horizontal,
giving the
anterior part of the...
- of
modern pinniped such as sow
leopard seals and bull walruses. The
postzygapophyses (the
surface where the
vertebrae join with each other) is flat rather...
- and some
fossil basal birds.
These paired processes sit
above the
postzygapophyses on the rear of the
vertebral neural arch.
Their morphology is variable...
-
cervical vertebrae are
configured parallel to each other, and the
postzygapophyses appear to not
diverge significantly from the midline,
mostly similar...
