See Also: vertebra(dictionary)
vertebra(dictionary)
vertebra(medicine)
vertebra prominens(medicine)
vertebra vera(medicine)
C1 (cervical vertebra)(health)
C2 (cervical vertebra)(health)
C3 (cervical vertebra)(health)
C4 (cervical vertebra)(health)
C5 (cervical vertebra)(health)

vertebra (iou)



vertebra noun. . E17.
[Latin, from vertere turn.]
Anatomy & Zoology. Any of the bony joints or segments composing the spinal column in man and other vertebrates. E17.
caudal vertebra, cervical vertebra, lumbar vertebra, sacral vertebra, thoracic vertebra, etc.
In pl. The spinal column. E17.
Zoology & Palaeontology. Any of the segments or ossicles of the arms of brittle-stars and other ophiuroid echinoderms. E18.