11. A similar term is " vertebral line ", which defined by the spinous processes. 12. Its most prominent point behind corresponds to the spinous process of the seventh thoracic vertebra. 13. It often has a dark spot on its spinous dorsal spines between the 6th and 11th. 14. The pedicles are strong as are the laminae and the spinous process is thick and broad. 15. Spinous cells originate through mitosis in the basal layer ( also known as the germinative layer ).16. Instead of having flattened spinous hairs, it has grey, long, soft and fine furs. 17. The atlas differs from the other vertebrae in that it has no body and no spinous process. 18. The spinous process on C7 is distinctively long and gives the name vertebra prominens to this vertebra. 19. He had suffered a sprained interspinous ligament, which connects parts of the vertebrae known as spinous process. 20. The membranes of the first, spinous dorsal fin are black, giving the species its common name.
