tuberculum

[ too-bur-kyuh-luhm, tyoo- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural tu·ber·cu·la [t, oo, -, bur, -ky, uh, -l, uh, ty, oo, -].

1685–95; < New Latin, Latin

The other, the tuberculum, springs from the transverse process.

In the Mystacocetes the attachment, where it exists, is very loose, and the tuberculum alone is attached to its vertebra.

In the Odontocetes the ribs have, some of them, the normal attachment by capitulum and tuberculum.

The tuberculum and capitulum on each of the trunk ribs are separated only by a shallow concavity.

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