transverse process of vertebra in dogs

The transverse or costal processes of a vertebra, two in number, project one at either side from the point where the lamina joins the pedicle, between the superior and inferior articular processes. They serve for the attachment of muscles and ligaments. [WP,unvetted]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the transverse process of vertebra is

The transverse or costal processes of a vertebra, two in number, project one at either side from the point where the lamina joins the pedicle, between the superior and inferior articular processes. They serve for the attachment of muscles and ligaments. [WP,unvetted]. The atlas records it as a bone at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the transverse process of vertebra is

It sits within the skeletal system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the transverse process of vertebra connects to

The atlas records 15 typed relationships for it, across 5 kinds of connection. part of multicellular organism, organ and skeletal element, and 1 more.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the transverse process of vertebra. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as processus transversus, processus transversus vertebrae, transverse process, vertebra transverse process, diapophyses and diapophysis. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001077, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: multicellular organism, organ, skeletal element and vertebra.
• A kind of: anatomical structure.
• originates from: levator scapulae muscle, longus capitis muscle, longus colli muscle, psoas major muscle, scalenus posterior and semispinalis capitis, and 2 more.
• subtype: parapophysis.
• inserts into: quadratus lumborum.

Questions

Where is the transverse process of vertebra?

It sits within the skeletal system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the transverse process of vertebra connect to?

Part of: multicellular organism, organ, skeletal element and vertebra.

Is the transverse process of vertebra the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.