Noun
The word is derived from vertebra
of Vertebra
Source: Webster's dictionary1936 Nuvolari had a big accident in May during practice for the Tripoli Grand Prix and it is alleged that he broke some vertebrae. Source: Internet
Another specimen had fractured ribs and fused vertebrae near the end of the tail. Source: Internet
A musket bullet fired from the mizzentop of Redoutable struck Nelson in the left shoulder, passed through his spine at the sixth and seventh thoracic vertebrae, and lodged two inches below his right scapula in the muscles of his back. Source: Internet
But the medical diagnosis right now isthat he is paralyzed, and because those bullets severed his spinal cord and shattered some of his vertebrae… it is going to take a miracle for Jacob Blake Jr. to ever walk again,” Crump said. Source: Internet
After all the victims had been shot, Ermakov in a drunken haze stabbed Alexandra's body and that of her husband, shattering both their rib cages and chipping some of Alexandra's vertebrae. Source: Internet
Below the caudal vertebrae is the chevron bone ; the vortex developed provides additional attachment points for the tail musculature. Source: Internet