APOPHYSES
- A natural protuberance from a bone, or inside the shell or exoskeleton of a sea urchin or insect, for the attachment of muscles
- A swelling at the base of the sporangium in some mosses
- A small offshoot extending from an igneous intrusion into the surrounding rock
- APOPHYSIS, a natural swelling or enlargement in a plant [n]
- APOPHYSIS, an expanded or projecting part of an organism, esp of bone [n]