vertebra
IPA: vˈɝtʌbrʌ
noun
- (anatomy) Any of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher vertebrates having a short more or less cylindrical body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent vertebrae and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord.
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Examples of "vertebra" in Sentences
- Just a misalignment of the vertebra.
- Spondylolysis is a defect of a vertebra.
- Spondylitis is an inflammation of a vertebra.
- Spondylitis is an inflammation of the vertebra.
- First lumbar vertebra second highest vertebra seen.
- The fusion then occurs between the endplates of the vertebrae.
- They were among the first teleosts to have fully ossified vertebrae.
- Vertebra prominens is the proper name for the seventh cervical vertebra.
- The procedure is serious and consists of fusion of the abnormal vertebrae.
- The nature of the limbs and vertebrae clearly indicate a terrestrial animal.
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