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The vertebræ of the back. Dunglison.

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  • VERTEBRAL
    Of or pertaining to a vertebræ, or the vertebral column; spinal; rachidian. 2. Vertebrate.
  • VERTEBRA
    One of the serial segments of the spinal column. Note: In many fishes the vertebræ are simple cartilaginous disks or short cylinders, but in the higher vertebrates they are composed of many parts, and the vertebræ in different portions of the
  • VERTEBRATE
    One of the Vertebrata.
  • VERTEBRO-
    A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, a vertebra, vertebræ, or vertebral column; as in vertebrocostal.
  • VERTEBRALLY
    At or within a vertebra or vertebræ; -- distinguished from interverterbrally.
  • VERTEBRATE; VERTEBRATED
    Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes.
  • VERTEBRO-ILIAC
    Iliolumbar.
  • VERTEBRE
    A vertebra.
  • VERTEBRATA
    One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, comprising all animals that have a backbone composed of bony or cartilaginous vertebræ, together with Amphioxus in which the backbone is represented by a simple undivided notochord. The Vertebrata
  • VERTEBRARTERIAL
    Of or pertaining to a vertebræ and an artery; -- said of the foramina in the transverse processes of cervical vertebræ and of the canal which they form for the vertebral artery and vein.
  • SACROVERTEBRAL
    Of or pertaining to the sacrum and that part of the vertebral column immediately anterior to it; as, the sacrovertebral angle.
  • INVERTEBRATE
    Destitute of a backbone; having no vertebræ; of or pertaining to the Invertebrata. -- n.
  • INVERTEBRATA
    A comprehensive division of the animal kingdom, including all except the Vertebrata.
  • INVERTEBRATED
    Having no backbone; invertebrate.
  • PROTOVERTEBRA
    One of the primitive masses, or segments, into which the mesoblast of the vertebrate embryo breaks up on either side of the anterior part of the notochord; a mesoblastic, or protovertebral, somite. See Illust. of Ectoderm. Note: The protovertebræ
  • INTERVERTEBRAL
    Between vertebræ. -- In`ter*ver"te*bral*ly, adv.
  • PERIVERTEBRAL
    Surrounding the vertebræ.
  • PREVERTEBRAL
    Situated immediately in front, or on the ventral side, of the vertebral column; prespinal.
  • SUBVERTEBRAL
    Situated beneath, or on the ventral side of, the vertebral column; situated beneath, or inside of, the endoskeleton; hypaxial; hyposkeletal.
  • INVERTEBRAL
    See INVERTEBRATE
  • PROTOVERTEBRAL
    Of or pertaining to the protovertebræ.

 

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