Definition of "apophyses" []

• Plural form of apophyse. (noun)

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• "A hard sharp narrow symphysial knob and close pair of sharp apophyses on the anterior edge of the mandible and symphysial knob lower than two opophyses (vs. all other species with a blunt wider symphysial knob and wider pair of apophyes on the anterior edge of the mandible, and symphysial knob of the same height or higher than two aophyses)."
• "The apophyses and bodies of the vertebræ, and the bones of the members [160] are composed of columns of tritovertebræ, or vertebræ of the third order."
• "At the time of report the wounded man presented no trace of the inferior maxillary bone, but by carrying the finger along the side of the pharynx in the direction of the superior dental arch the coronoid apophyses could be recognized, and about six lines nearer the temporal extremity the ramus could be discovered."