Look up: vertebra

1. vertebra
   A component of the vertebral column, or backbone, found in vertebrates.
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2. Vertebra
   The spine is made up of many vertebrae. The largest ever found were neck vertebrae that belonged to the long-necked dinosaur Seismosaurus; they are over 6 feet (1.8 m) long.
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3. vertebra
   [n] - one of the bony segments of the spinal column
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4. Vertebra
   One of the ring shaped bones that sit on top of each other to form the spinal column (backbone) and encase and protect the spinal cord. Plural: Vertebrae
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5. Vertebra
   any one of the 33 bones that make up the spine
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6. Vertebra
   One of the 33 small bones which form the spinal column or backbone.
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7. Vertebra
   A bony segment of the spinal column.
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8. Vertebra
   Vertebra: A vertebra is one of 33 bony segments that form the spinal column of humans. There are 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral (fused into one sacrum bone) and 4 coccygeal (fused into one coccyx bone).
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9. vertebra
   form of abnormal vertebral shape in which the vertebral body is completely flattened (Fig.1). Vertebra plana may occur under various circumstances, such as after fractures of the vertebral column in Gauchers disease in children with tuberculous spondylitis, and in patients with eosinophilic granulom...
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10. Vertebra
    Ver'te·bra noun ; plural Vertebræ . [ Latin vertebra , from vertere to turn, change. See Verse .] 1. (Anat.) One of the serial segments of the spinal column. » In many fishes the ver...
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11. vertebra
    <anatomy> One of 23 bones (excluding the sacrum) in the cervical, thoracic and lumbar regions that comprise the spine. There are 7 cervical vertebrae, 12 thoracic and 5 lumbar vertebrae. The bottom of the spine is fused and forms the sacrum. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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12. vertebra
    noun one of the bony segments of the spinal column
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13. vertebra
    (vur´tә-brә) any of the separate segments comprising the vertebral column; there are normally 33 of them, differing in size and structure according to location. The sacral vertebrae fuse to form the sacrum, and the coccygeal vertebrae fuse to form the coccyx.
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14. Vertebra
    • (n.) One of the serial segments of the spinal column. • (n.) One of the central ossicles in each joint of the arms of an ophiuran.
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15. vertebra
    (from the article `joint`) There are 23 intervertebral disks, one between each pair of vertebrae below the first cervical vertebra, or atlas, and above the second sacral ... Each vertebra, in higher vertebrates, consists of a ventral body, or centrum, surmounted by a Y-shaped neural arch. The arch extends a spinous ... ...the nervous...
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16. vertebra
    Any of the bones that make up of the spinal column, or backbone, of a vertebrate. In humans, there are 26 vertebra, including: • 7 cervical vertebrae • 12 thoracic vertebrae • 5 lumbar vertebrae • sacrum (5 fused sacral vertebrae) • coccyx (4-5 fused caudal vertebrae) Gen...
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17. vertebra
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ver′tĕ-bră, -brē Definitions: 1. One of the segments of the vertebral column; in humans, there are usually 33 vertebrae: seven cervical, twelve thoracic, five lumbar, five sacral (fused into one bone, the sacrum), and four coccygeal (fused into one bone, the coccyx).
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18. vertebra
    Latin verto = I turn; hence, one of the movable bones of the backbone which seems to be shaped for rotation.
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19. Vertebra
    [software] Vertebra is a framework that aims to simplify writing applications in The Cloud written by Engine Yard. == Release == It was released under the GNU Lesser General Public License 3 at the end of 2008. == Technologies == Vertebra is written in a combination of Ruby and Erlang. == Pu...
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