Meanings
adjectivespinopostzygapophysial (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to the spine and the postzygapophysis
They are postzygapophyses because there is no articular surface exposed, while there is a median dorsal ridge corresponding to the beginning of a spinopostzygapophysial lamina.
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