neural spine

An extension of a neural arches dorsal to the neural canal[TAO,modified]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the neural spine is

An extension of a neural arches dorsal to the neural canal[TAO,modified]. The atlas records it as a bone at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the neural spine 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 neural spine connects to

The atlas records 13 typed relationships for it, across 5 kinds of connection. part of neural arch.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the neural spine. 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 spinous process, processus spinosus, processus spinosus vertebrae, spinous process of vertebra, vertebra spinous process and neural spine, and 2 more. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001076, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: neural arch.
• A kind of: process of vertebra.
• originates from: iliocostalis muscle, serratus dorsalis superior muscle, spinalis muscle, splenius cervicis and trapezius muscle.
• inserts into: erector spinae muscle group, rotator muscle of the vertebral column, semispinalis thoracis and spinalis muscle.
• subtype: spinous process of first cervical vertebra and spinous process of second cervical vertebra.

Questions

Where is the neural spine?

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 neural spine connect to?

Part of: neural arch.

Is the neural spine the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.