- 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...
- axis bone (the
second cervical vertebra) had a
heavy spine, and its
postzygapophyses (the
processes of the
vertebrae that
articulated with the prezygapophyses...
-
extremely elongated,
representing half of the snout-sacrum length. The
postzygapophyses, rear
joint processes, of the neck
vertebrae bear no epipophyses, additional...
-
fossa between postzygapophyses in
Hypsirhophus versus vertical grooves in Stegosaurus,
Median ridge extending from base of
postzygapophyses to
neural canal...
-
preserved portions. The
postzygapophyses are
ellipsoidal in
contour in
dorsal view and show a
notched caudal margin. The
postzygapophyses are
transversely wide...
- near the neck.
Epipophyses are bony
projections located above the
postzygapophyses (joints on the rear edge of a
vertebra connecting to the
front edge...
-
distal end of the
cervical epiphophyses, a
posterior margin of the
postzygapophyses which is
level with the
intervertebral articulation in
dorsal vertebrae...
-
spinopostzygapophyseal laminae that
extends dorsomedially from the
postzygapophyses to join and form the
postspinal lamina, and the
pneumatic neural spine...
- prezygapophyses,
while those that
connect to
vertebrae behind them are
called postzygapophyses. The
structures which connect to the ribs also have
different names...
