Noun
One of the serial segments of the spinal column.
One of the central ossicles in each joint of the arms of an ophiuran.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA flash grenade also fractured a vertebra in a 33-year-old man’s lower back. Source: Internet
Cope believed that they belonged to an "agathaumid" ( ceratopsid ) dinosaur, and named them Manospondylus gigas, meaning "giant porous vertebra" in reference to the numerous openings for blood vessels he found in the bone. Source: Internet
Cervical vertebra of A. ajax (holotype, YPM 1860) in side and anterior view Like those of other sauropods, the neck vertebrae are deeply bifurcated; they carried neural spines with a large trough in the middle, resulting in a wide, deep neck. Source: Internet
Costal groove position The tenth rib attaches directly to the body of vertebra T10 instead of between vertebrae like the second through ninth ribs. Source: Internet
Chief Warrant Officer Mike Durant was already defending the aircraft with an MP5 but was unable to move from his chair due to a crushed vertebra in his back and a compound fracture of his left femur. Source: Internet
Due to this direct attachment, vertebra T10 has a complete costal facet on its body. Source: Internet