Vertebra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A vertebra (plural: vertebrae) is an individual bone in the flexible column that defines vertebrate animals, e.g. humans. The vertebral column encases and protects the spinal cord ...
Vertebral column - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In human anatomy, the vertebral column (backbone or spine) is a column usually consisting of 33 vertebrae, [1] the sacrum, intervertebral discs, and the coccyx situated in the ...
vertebrae - definition of vertebrae in the Medical dictionary - by the ...
Vertebrae. Bones in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions of the body that make up the vertebral column. Vertebrae have a central foramen (hole), and their superposition makes ...
Cedars-Sinai Spine Center - Vertebrae of the Spine
The spine has 33 vertebrae. ... Vertebrae - Building Blocks of the Back Bone. The adult spine is made up of approximately 24 bones (vertebrae) stacked on top of each other from the ...
vertebra
A typical vertebra consists of two essential parts – an anterior segment, the body, and a posterior part, the vertebral or neural arch; these enclose a foramen (opening), the ...
Introducing Vertebra
edit Introducing Vertebra. Posted by ezmobius Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:46:00 GMT. Here are the slides from my talk at RailsConf 2008. I’m too tired to write much more right this ...
Vertebrae
All of Gaul is divided into three parts... and the spinal column of vertebrae is also named in three parts - though sitting on a buried skeleton - a fourth ...
Vertebra - Definition
The vertebra is a singular bone of the spine. The spine has 26 vertebra. Vertebrae can be lumbar vertebra - bones of the spine at the low back or cervical vertebra - bones of the ...
Vertebra
Vertebra: set of bones of the spinal column. ... set of bones of the spinal column. Spinal cord: substance belonging to the nervous system, located in the holes ...
vertebra - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about vertebra
In anatomy, an irregularly shaped bone that forms part of the vertebral column. Children have 33 vertebrae, 5 of which fuse in adults to form the sacrum and 4 to form the coccyx.
