apófises espinhosas

English translation: spinous processes

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Portuguese term or phrase:apófises espinhosas
English translation:spinous processes
Entered by: Ellen Kraus

19:33 Feb 17, 2017
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Livestock / Animal Husbandry / breeding
Portuguese term or phrase: apófises espinhosas
" ... avaliação da condição corporal dos animais, foi efetuada através da palpação dos ovinos na região lombar, considerando como são percebidas as apófises espinhosas ou processos espinhosos, as apófises transversas das vértebras lombares e a cobertura muscular e de gordura na região..."
Bett
Local time: 14:30
spinous processes
Explanation:
I would say

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Note added at 18 Min. (2017-02-17 19:52:28 GMT)
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it has nothing to do with a "process" but is:
www.spine-health.com/glossary/spinous-process
Spinous process is a bony projection off the posterior (back) of each vertebra. The spinous process protrudes where the laminae of the vertebral arch join and ...

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Note added at 25 Min. (2017-02-17 19:59:06 GMT)
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but this Definition refers to human medicine. in veterinary medicine , Things are likely to be different, but on the whole the term is the same, a bony projection off the back of ...., as you may gather from:
A 4-year-old Quarter horse gelding was presented to the Veterinary Teaching ... drugs by the owner for 2 wk, but increased after discontinuation of treatment. Go to: ... A — Cranial withers — spinous processes T2 — T6 are fractured; the middle ...
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3 +2spinous processes
Ellen Kraus
4spiky/thorny apophyses
Mario Freitas


  

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spinous processes


Explanation:
I would say

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Note added at 18 Min. (2017-02-17 19:52:28 GMT)
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it has nothing to do with a "process" but is:
www.spine-health.com/glossary/spinous-process
Spinous process is a bony projection off the posterior (back) of each vertebra. The spinous process protrudes where the laminae of the vertebral arch join and ...

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Note added at 25 Min. (2017-02-17 19:59:06 GMT)
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but this Definition refers to human medicine. in veterinary medicine , Things are likely to be different, but on the whole the term is the same, a bony projection off the back of ...., as you may gather from:
A 4-year-old Quarter horse gelding was presented to the Veterinary Teaching ... drugs by the owner for 2 wk, but increased after discontinuation of treatment. Go to: ... A — Cranial withers — spinous processes T2 — T6 are fractured; the middle ...

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 19:30
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
57 mins
  -> Thank you, Muriel !

agree  Leda Roche: In humans this is the name
1 day 1 hr
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spiky/thorny apophyses


Explanation:
Apófises são formas, ou seja, o termo refere-se ao FORMATO das formações encontradas e não a qualquer tipo de processo.

http://www.google.com.br/search?q=apophysis&um=1&client=fire...

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 14:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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