Phrase Hound found 24 phrases and 11 compound words that contain transverse. The most common are listed below. Open transverse in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 24
- transverse waveAny wave in which the direction of disturbance is perpendicular to the direction of travel
- transverse colonA part of colon joining ascending colon and descending colon.
- Transverse RangesA group of mountain ranges in California, United States, separating the Central Valley and Mojave Desert from the coast and the Los Angeles Basin.
- transverse planeAny plane that divides the body into superior and inferior parts, roughly perpendicular to spine.
- transverse sinusEither of two large venous sinuses of the cranium that begin at the bony protuberance on the middle of the inner surface of the occipital bone at the intersection of its bony ridges and that terminate at the jugular foramen on either side …
- transverse cervical arteryAn inconstant branch of the thyrocervical trunk or of the subclavian artery that when present supplies or divides into branches supplying the region at the base of the neck and the muscles of the scapula.
- transverse facial arteryA large branch of the superficial temporal artery that arises in the parotid gland and supplies or gives off branches supplying the parotid gland, masseter muscle, and adjacent parts.
- transverse fluteAny type of flute that is held sideways when played.
- transverse planesplural of transverse plane: Any plane that divides the body into superior and inferior parts, roughly perpendicular to spine.
- transverse processEither of the two bony processes of a vertebra that project laterally from the neural arch at the junction of a pedicle and lamina and that provide attachment for muscles and ligaments concerned especially with rotation, lateral flexion …
- transverse processesplural of transverse process: Either of the two bony processes of a vertebra that project laterally from the neural arch at the junction of a pedicle and lamina and that provide attachment for muscles and ligaments concerned especially …
- transverse ribthe rib structure of a rib vault that spans the breadth of a vaulted ceiling, such as that of a church nave, dividing it into bays.
- transverse wavesplural of transverse wave: Any wave in which the direction of disturbance is perpendicular to the direction of travel
- transverse flow effectvibration in the rotor of a helicopter due to differential drag
- transverse cervical arteriesplural of transverse cervical artery: An inconstant branch of the thyrocervical trunk or of the subclavian artery that when present supplies or divides into branches supplying the region at the base of the neck and the muscles of the …
- transverse facial arteriesplural of transverse facial artery: A large branch of the superficial temporal artery that arises in the parotid gland and supplies or gives off branches supplying the parotid gland, masseter muscle, and adjacent parts.
- transverse sinusesplural of transverse sinus: Either of two large venous sinuses of the cranium that begin at the bony protuberance on the middle of the inner surface of the occipital bone at the intersection of its bony ridges and that terminate at the …
- transverse tubulesplural of transverse tubule: A T tubule.
- transverse colonsplural of transverse colon: A part of colon joining ascending colon and descending colon.
- transverse tubuleA T tubule.
- transverse flutesplural of transverse flute: Any type of flute that is held sideways when played.
- transverse flow effectsplural of transverse flow effect: vibration in the rotor of a helicopter due to differential drag
- transverse relaxation timeSynonym of T2 relaxation time.
- transverse relaxation timesplural of transverse relaxation time
Compound words 11
- intertransverseBetween the transverse processes of the vertebrae.
- costotransverseconnecting a rib and the transverse process of a vertebra
- obliquotransverseoblique and transverse
- subtransverseAlmost or imperfectly transverse.
- transversectomyThe surgical excision of a transverse process of a vertebra.
- nontransverseNot transverse.
- pretransverseanterior of a transverse element
- transversenessThe quality of being transverse.
- transverserA traverse table.
- transversityThe condition of being transverse; transverseness