processus mamillaris

== English == === Etymology === Coined by the British surgeon G. M. Humphry; from Latin, because of its resemblance to a small breast. === Noun === processus mamillaris (plural processus mamillaris) (anatomy) A rounded protuberance found on the posterior edge of the superior articular process of a lumbar vertebra. 2011, Jiri Nedoma, Jiri Stehlik, Ilan Hlavacek, Josef Danek, Tatjana Dostolova, & Petra Preckova, Mathematical and Computational Methods in Biomechanics of Human Skeletal Systems, Chapter 7.10, page 464 The processus mamillaris is located on the dorsolateral edge of the upper articular process. ==== Synonyms ==== mamillary process, metapophysis