vertebral column

Noun

Meaning

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vertebral column (plural vertebral columns)

(anatomy) The series of vertebrae that protect the spinal cord; the spinal column.
Synonyms: backbone, spinal column, spine

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Synonyms

chine back bone backbone vertebral spine vertebra rachis dorsum keelson neuraxis

Hypernyms

skeletal structure

Hyponyms

chine notochord

Examples

Characteristics The trait that is common to all invertebrates is the absence of a vertebral column (backbone): this creates a distinction between invertebrates and vertebrates. Source: Internet

In 1936, this was measured to be convert, by measuring the vertebral column. Source: Internet

The bilaterally symmetric body plan of vertebrate embryos is obvious in somites and their derivates such as the vertebral column. Source: Internet

For another, its vertebral column has more vertebrae that any of contemporaneous mammals. Source: Internet

Marine Mammal Medicine, 2001, Leslie Dierauf and Frances Gulland, CRC Press In sirenians, the lungs and diaphragm extend the entire length of the vertebral column. Source: Internet

Significance of the group Invertebrates are animals without a vertebral column. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

vertebral arch vertebral artery vertebral canal vertebral cord vertebral vein vertebraless