Vertebra
['vɜːtɪbrə] or ['vɝtɪbrə]
Definition
(n.) One of the serial segments of the spinal column.
(n.) One of the central ossicles in each joint of the arms of an ophiuran.
Typed by Cyril
Definition
n. one of the segmented portions of the spinal column:—pl. Vertebr (ver′te-brē).—adj. Ver′tebral.—adv. Ver′tebrally.—n.pl. Vertebrā′ta a division of the animal kingdom containing all animals having a backbone or its equivalent.—n. Ver′tebrāte an animal having an internal skeleton with a backbone.—adjs. Ver′tebrāte -d furnished with joints: having a backbone.—n. Vertebrā′tion the formation of vertebr?.
Typist: Trevor
Examples
- The other males scattered in all directions, but not before the infuriated brute had felt the vertebra of one snap between his great, foaming jaws. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Why should the brain be enclosed in a box composed of such numerous and such extraordinarily shaped pieces of bone apparently representing vertebrae? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The caudal and sacral vertebrae vary in number; as does the number of the ribs, together with their relative breadth and the presence of processes. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- They showed us a cast of his face taken after death, the bullet that killed him, and the two vertebrae in which it lodged. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There was a long sustained and supreme effort on the ape-man's part--and the vertebrae of Sabor's neck parted with a sharp snap. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Editor: Theresa