vertebra : Idioms & Phrases

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Anticlinal vertebra

  • (Anat.), one of the dorsal vertebræ, which in many animals has an upright spine toward which the spines of the neighboring vertebræ are inclined.
Webster 1913

atlas vertebra

  • noun the 1st cervical vertebra
    atlas.
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axis vertebra

  • noun the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head
    axis.
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caudal vertebra

  • noun one of 4 vertebrae in the human coccyx
    caudal vertebra.
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cervical vertebra

  • noun one of 7 vertebrae in the human spine located in the neck region
    neck bone.
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coccygeal vertebra

  • noun one of 4 vertebrae in the human coccyx
    caudal vertebra.
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dorsal vertebra

  • noun one of 12 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; thoracic vertebrae extend from the seventh cervical vertebra down to the first lumbar vertebra
    dorsal vertebra.
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lamina arcus vertebrae

  • noun lamina of the vertebral arch; the flattened posterior part of the vertebral arch from which the spinous process extends
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lumbar vertebra

  • noun one of 5 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; lumbar vertebrae extend from the twelfth thoracic vertebra down to the sacral vertebrae
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sacral vertebra

  • noun one of 5 vertebrae in the human spine that fuse in the adult to form the sacrum
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Spinous process of a vertebra

  • (Anat.), the dorsal process of the neural arch of a vertebra; a neurapophysis.
Webster 1913

thoracic vertebra

  • noun one of 12 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; thoracic vertebrae extend from the seventh cervical vertebra down to the first lumbar vertebra
    dorsal vertebra.
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