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anticlinal vertebrae

anticlinal vertebrae is the plural of anticlinal vertebra.

Meaning of anticlinal vertebra

Noun

anticlinal vertebra (plural anticlinal vertebrae)

  1. The vertebra in a vertebral column which has a spinous process (spine) towards which the spines of all the other vertebrae are inclined; the vertebra at which the spine orientation changes.

Questions about anticlinal vertebrae

What is anticlinal vertebrae the plural of?
Anticlinal vertebrae is the plural of anticlinal vertebra.

Words near anticlinal vertebrae in the dictionary

  1. anticlimaxes
  2. anticlimb
  3. anticlimbing
  4. anticlinal
  5. anticlinal vertebra
  6. anticlinal vertebrae
  7. anticlinally
  8. anticlinals
  9. anticline
  10. anticlined
  11. anticlines

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