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• Four measurement items were thoracic vertebrae (Th1–Th12), lower thoracic vertebrae (Th9–Th12), lumbar vertebrae (Th12–S1), and sacral slope.2021, Hayato Ikeda et al., “Effects of a wearable device and functional wear on spinal alignment and jump performance”, in Journal of…. From the entry rachiometer
• They share few characters: 25 vertebrae; compact, triangular gut; inconspicuous gas bladder; and some head spination.2000, Jeffrey Martin Leis, The Larvae of Indo-Pacific Coastal Fishes: An Identification Guide. From the entry spination
• There are 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, and 4 coccygeal (Coc1 to Coc4) vertebrae.1995, Marshall B. Allen, Essentials of neurosurgery: a guide to clinical practice, McGraw-Hill Companies. From the entry cervicothoracolumbar
• Radiographic examination revealed slight cervicothoracolumbar scoliosis and a transitional vertebra at the lumbosacral junction.1971, Daniel Bergsma, The First Conference on the Clinical Delineation of Birth Defects: Special lectures. From the entry cervicothoracolumbar
• Our findings imply that the Caudad insertion of pedicle screws facilitated interbody distraction during the restoration of spondylolisthetic vertebrae.2021 September 15, Xin Xi et al., “Caudad Insertion of Pedicle Screws Facilitates Interbody Distraction During Spondylolisthetic Vertebrae…. From the entry spondylolisthetic
• The large-sized protorosaur Tanystropheus had extremely elongated neck vertebrae and a neck more than two times the length of its trunk.2012, Winand Brinkmann, Kenneth De Baets, editors, Paleontological Museum of the University of Zürich: Exhibition Guide, Paleontological…. From the entry protorosaur
• Vertebral structure is critical for the identification of fossil snakes, because vertebrae are among the most easily fossilized parts of ophidians.1997, Olivier Rieppel, “chapter 2: The Lepidosauromorpha: an overview with special emphasis on the Squamata”, in Nicholas C. Fraser…. From the entry ophidian
• Flat vertebrae and wedging spine of an aged woman who died from starvation are found as in the other malacic poroses.1971, Herbert Junghanns, Georg Schmorl, E. F. Besemann, The Human Spine in Health and Disease, page 119. From the entry porosis
• During the decompression stage of the procedure, it was possible to improve exposure by excising the anteroinferior corner of the suprajacent vertebra.2015 July 2, Hao Zeng et al., “Comparison of three surgical approaches for cervicothoracic spinal tuberculosis: a retrospective…. From the entry suprajacent
• The spinous process of vertebra CII can be identified through deep palpation as the most superior bony protuberance in the midline inferior to the skull.2012, Richard Drake, Richard Lee Drake, Wayne Vogl, Gray's Basic Anatomy, →ISBN, page 36. From the entry spinous
• The single-barrel, freehanded drill guide is then used with the 2.5 mm drill bit to make the pilot holes in the inner vertebra.2011, Daniel H. Kim, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Richard Glenn Fessler, Spinal Instrumentation: Surgical Techniques, →ISBN, page 212. From the entry freehanded
• A number of species, however, have a pseudotail consisting of a few postcloacal vertebrae, but annulation is incomplete and a terminal shield is consistently present.2002, Jay M. Savage, The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica, →ISBN, page 115. From the entry pseudotail
• Finally, levator costae and levatores costarum originate at the transverse processes of each vertebrae and, running obliquely downward and outward, attach to the ribs below.2001, Theodore Dimon, Anatomy of the Moving Body: A Basic Course in Bones, Muscles, and Joints, page 27. From the entry levator costae
• The circumstance that the proportion of taxa with 12 + 14 vertebrae increased in the lower categories is due to the speciosity of the Epinephelinae.1960 December 30, Carl L[eavitt] Hubbs, “Fauna Japonica/Serranidae (Pisces). By Masao Katayama. […] Fauna Japonica/Cottidae (Pisces). By…. From the entry speciosity
• In the spondylolisthetic pelvis, the body of the last lumbar vertebra is dislocated forward and downward over the anterior surface of the sacrum.1910, Alfred Lewis Galabin, George Blacker, The Practice of Midwifery, page 785. From the entry spondylolisthetic
• Vertebrae are rather long, with reduced zygospondylous articulation in proximal and some middle segments (Figs 3M and 5K ), becoming streptospondylous toward distal segments (Fig 3S ) .2015 October 29, “When Ontogeny Matters: A New Japanese Species of Brittle Star Illustrates the Importance of Considering both Adult and…. From the entry zygospondylous
• Abbreviations: k, ventral keel; ns, neural spine; pre, prezygapophysis; sd, sacrodorsal vertebra; sdr, sacrodorsal rib; sr, sacral ribs; sy, sacral yoke; s5, sacral vertebra 5; tp, transverse process.2015 December 17, “A New Sail-Backed Styracosternan (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Morella, Spain”, in PLOS ONE…. From the entry sacrodorsal
• Young Megs probably consumed a lot of large fish but because fish vertebrae don't hold up well in the fossil record, it's difficult to get an accurate reading.2002, Mark Renz, Megalodon: Hunting the Hunter, page 33. From the entry meg
• Most preserved parts of the axial column (the last 6 dorsal, the synsacral, and the first 12 caudal vertebrae and chevrons) were found in virtually direct articulation.1998 March 20, Catherine A. Forster et al., “The Theropod Ancestry of Birds: New Evidence from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar”, in…. From the entry synsacral
• Moreover, all the outgrowths which I have said constitute the acantha are not of equal size in all the vertebrae, and Nature has done this with wonderful forethought.1968, Margaret Tallmadge May, Galen on the usefulness of the parts of the body, translation of original by Galen, page 581. From the entry acantha
• In spondylizema the body of the vertebra is destroyed, and we therefore get pelvis obtecta — that is to say, the lumbar spine covers in the brim of the pelvis.1912, David Berry Hart, Guide to midwifery, page 684. From the entry spondylizema

Meaning of vertebra

1. noun Any of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher vertebrates having a short more or less cylindrical body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent vertebrae and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord.

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How do you use vertebra in a sentence?

Vertebra is used as a noun. For example: “Four measurement items were thoracic vertebrae (Th1–Th12), lower thoracic vertebrae (Th9–Th12), lumbar vertebrae (Th12–S1), and sacral slope.”

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“Radiographic examination revealed slight cervicothoracolumbar scoliosis and a transitional vertebra at the lumbosacral junction.”

What does vertebra mean?

Vertebra means any of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher vertebrates having a short more or less cylindrical body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent vertebrae and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord.