Process
Of body part. May also be referred to as appendage and outgrowth.
A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process".
This concept's ID is @1~29860
Temporal Bone
- mastoid
Process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull.
- styloid process
Extends from the base of the temporal bone.
Vertebra
- apophysis
(anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process...
- transverse process
One of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of...
Sperm
- flagellum
A lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and...
- acrosome
A process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration...
Jaw
- alveolar ridge
A ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets...
- alveolar arch
The part of the upper or lower jawbones in which the teeth are set.
Bone
- condyle
A round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone.
- coronoid process
A sharp triangular process projecting from a bone.
Also contains
- plant process
A natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ.
- tail
The posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond...
- hair
A filamentous projection or process on an organism.
- crest
A showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal.
- horn
One of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates.
- tentacle
Any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or...
- spine
A sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a...
- style
A slender bristlelike or tubular process; "a cartilaginous style".
- villus
A minute hairlike projection on mucous membrane.
- excrescence
(pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body.
- tuberosity
A protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament.
- caruncle
An outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum...
- epicondyle
A projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and lig...
- ridge
Any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane.
- aculea
Small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects.
- acromion
The outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade.
- pterygoid process
Two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone.
- appendix
A vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small...
- ala
A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism; "the alae of the nose"; "the alae...
- odontoid process
A toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neck.
- papilla
(botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf.
- metaphysis
The growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis.
- fetlock
Projection behind and above a horse's hoof.
- olecranon
Process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of...
- horn
Any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a h...
- zygomatic process
A slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch.
- pseudopod
Temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion.
- trochanter
One of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which...
- papilla
A small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell; "the papillae...
- arista
Bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies.
- fimbria
Thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian t...
- spicule
Small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates...
- osteophyte
Small abnormal bony outgrowth.
- papilla
A small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather.
- cirrus
A slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often t...