supraspinal

supraspinal
Above the vertebral column or any spine.

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su·pra·spi·nal -'spī-nəl adj situated or occurring above a spine esp situated above the spine of the scapula

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su·pra·spi·nal (soo″prə-spiґnəl) above or upon a spine.

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  • supraspinal — Relativo a algo que está encima de la columna vertebral. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

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  • supraspinal ligament — n a fibrous cord that joins the tips of the spinous processes of the vertebrae from the seventh cervical vertebra to the sacrum and that continues forward to the skull as the ligamentum nuchae called also supraspinous ligament * * * supraspinous… …   Medical dictionary

  • supraspinal — adjective Positioned above the spine …   Wiktionary

  • supraspinal — su|pra|spina̱l, in fachspr. Fügungen: su|pra|spina̱lis, ...le, auch: su|pra|spina̱tus, ...ta, ...tum [zu ↑supra... u. ↑Spina]: oberhalb der Schulterblattgräte gelegen; z. B. in der Fügung ↑Ligamentum supraspinale (Anat.) …   Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke

  • supraspinal — su·pra·spinal …   English syllables

  • supraspinal — “+ adjective Etymology: supra + spinal : situated above a spine; especially : situated over the spinous process of the scapula …   Useful english dictionary

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