The spinous process comes out the back, one transverse process comes out the left, and one on the right.
Two transverse processes and one spinous process are posterior to (behind) the vertebral body.
A skin biopsy shows a characteristic damaged layer in the upper spinous level of the skin.
The abdomen of the females often ends with spinous processes, used in ovideposition.
The spinous processes which are backward extending are directed upwards in animals without an erect stance.
The spinous process is small so as not to interfere with the movement between the atlas and the skull.
Behind this is the large triangular orifice of the sacral canal, which is completed by the laminae and spinous process of the first sacral vertebra.
The carina is modified into spinous processes on last three whorls.
