See Also: mamillary process(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
mamillary(medicine)
mamillary tubercle(medicine)
mamillary line(medicine)
mamillary bodies(medicine)
mamillary ducts(medicine)
mamillary body(medicine)
peduncle of mamillary body(medicine)
nucleus of the mamillary body(medicine)

mamillary process (medicine)


mamillary process


A small apophysis or tubercle on the dorsal margin of the superior articular process of each of the lumbar vertebrae and usually of the twelfth thoracic vertebra.

Synonym: processus mamillaris, mamillary tubercle, metapophysis.