Category:Pleurapophysis

Pleu`ra*poph"y*sis, n.; pl. Pleurapophyses. Etym: [nl. See pleura, And apophysis.] (anat.)

Defn: one of the ventral processes of a vertebra, or the dorsal Element in each half of a hemal arch, forming, or corresponding to, a Vertebral rib. -- pleu*rap`o*phys"i*al, a. Owen.