costal process

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costal process [′käst·əl ¦präs·əs]

(anatomy)

An anterior or ventral projection on the lateral part of a cervical vertebra.

(embryology)

An embryonic rib primordium, the ventrolateral outgrowth of the caudal, denser half of a sclerotome.

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