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mamillary tubercle (medicine)


mamillary tubercle -->
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.