transverse process

English Thesaurus

1. one of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribs (noun.body)

hypernym	:	appendage, outgrowth, process,
definition	:	a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant (noun.body)

part meronym	:	vertebra,
definition	:	one of the bony segments of the spinal column (noun.body)