(anatomy) A part of colon joining ascending colon and descending colon.

plural of transverse plane

(anatomy) Any plane that divides the body into superior and inferior parts, roughly perpendicular to spine.

(economics) A terminal condition on a costate variable in a, usually infinite, time optimization problem.

(anatomy) A T tubule.

plural of transverse tubule

(physics) Any wave in which the direction of disturbance is perpendicular to the direction of travel

(anatomy) Either of the two bony processes of a vertebra that project laterally from the neural arch at the junction of a pedicle and lamina and that provide attachment for muscles and ligaments concerned especially with rotation, lateral flexion, and stability of the spinal column.

(anatomy) Either of two large venous sinuses of the cranium that begin at the bony protuberance on the middle of the inner surface of the occipital bone at the intersection of its bony ridges and that terminate at the jugular foramen on either side to become the internal jugular vein.

plural of transverse flute