Phrase Hound found 1 phrases and 15 compound words that contain apophysis. The most common are listed below. Open apophysis in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 1
- temporal apophysisSynonym of mastoid process: The conical, nipplelike projection of the petrous part of the temporal bone, that is situated behind the ear in humans and many other vertebrates, and serves as a site of muscle attachment.
Compound words 15
- apophysitisInflammation of an apophysis, a bony tubercle.
- anapophysisA backward-pointing process in the lumbar vertebrae of some mammals.
- hemapophysisThe second element in each half of a hemal arch, corresponding to the sternal part of a rib.
- hypapophysisA process, or other element, of a vertebra developed from the ventral side of the centrum.
- zygopophysisOne of the articular processes of the neural arch of a vertebra
- basapophysisSynonym of parapophysis: The ventral transverse, or capitular, process of a vertebra.
- diapophysisThe dorsal transverse process of a vertebra
- gonapophysisA modified tubular appendage of the anal region in insects that functions in copulation, oviposition, or stinging
- hyperapophysisA lateral and backward-projecting process on the dorsal side of a vertebra.
- metapophysisA tubercle projecting from the anterior articular processes of some vertebrae