NEURAPOPHYSIS

(Lat.), n. f. Nu2r-aap(a>p)-o2f'i2srus)-is. Gen., -phys'eos (-oph'ysis). From vevpov, a nerve, and oiro^vo-is. an offshoot. Ger., Neurapophyse. The lateral portion of the neural arch; represented in all except the cranial vertebrae by the laminae, in the occipital bone by the lateral piece on each side of the foramen magnum, in the parietal bone by the greater wing of the sphenoid bone, in the frontal bone by the le er wing of the pre sphenoid bone, and in the nasal bone by the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone. [L.] [s. 98]