transverse process of vertebra

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 human body.

Where the transverse process of vertebra is

It sits within the skeletal system. Not positioned individually, and containment is not asserted either. Drawn near structures of the same kind, which is a weak claim about location.

What the transverse process of vertebra connects to

The atlas records 19 typed relationships for it, across 5 kinds of connection. a kind of process of vertebra.

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.

• A kind of: process of vertebra.
• originates from: levator costarum, levator scapulae muscle, longissimus muscle, longus capitis muscle, longus colli muscle and psoas major muscle, and 5 more.
• inserts into: longissimus muscle, quadratus lumborum and splenius cervicis.
• subtype: transverse process of atlas, transverse process of cervical vertebra and transverse process of lumbar vertebra.
• contains: transverse foramen.

Questions

Where is the transverse process of vertebra?

It sits within the skeletal system. Not positioned individually, and containment is not asserted either. Drawn near structures of the same kind, which is a weak claim about location.

What does the transverse process of vertebra connect to?

A kind of: process of vertebra.

Is the transverse process of vertebra 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.