Each vertebra (pl.: vertebrae) is an irregular bone with a complex structure composed of bone and some hyaline cartilage, that make up the vertebral column...
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Thoracic vertebrae (redirect from Thoracic vertebra)
thoracic vertebra is larger than the first thoracic vertebra The thoracic spinal nerve 3 (T3) passes out underneath it. The fourth thoracic vertebra, together...
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Cervical vertebrae (redirect from Cervical vertebra)
In tetrapods, cervical vertebrae (sg.: vertebra) are the vertebrae of the neck, immediately below the skull. Truncal vertebrae (divided into thoracic and...
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Vertebra is a framework that aims to simplify writing applications in The Cloud written by Engine Yard. It was released under the GNU Lesser General Public...
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Lumbar vertebrae (redirect from Lumbar vertebra)
vertebrae. The fifth vertebra contains certain peculiarities, which are detailed below. As with other vertebrae, each lumbar vertebra consists of a vertebral...
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Look up vertebra or vértebra in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A vertebra is a bone in the spinal column of a vertebrate animal. Vertebra may also refer...
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A limbus vertebra is a bone tubercle formed by bone trauma on a vertebral body, bearing a radiographic similarity to a vertebral fracture. The anterior-superior...
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Codfish vertebra refers to the biconcave appearance of the vertebra in sagittal radiographs due to pathological changes, such as demineralisation. Codfish...
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Atlas (anatomy) (redirect from First cervical vertebra)
In anatomy, the atlas (C1) is the most superior (first) cervical vertebra of the spine and is located in the neck. The bone is named for Atlas of Greek...
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Congenital vertebral anomaly (redirect from Lumbosacral transitional vertebra)
six vertebrae or segments, not five. This sixth lumbar vertebra is known as a transitional vertebra. Conversely the sacrum appears to have only four segments...
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Axis (anatomy) (redirect from C2 vertebra)
In anatomy, the axis (from Latin axis, "axle") is the second cervical vertebra (C2) of the spine, immediately inferior to the atlas, upon which the head...
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Sacrum (redirect from Sacral vertebra)
sacroiliac joints. The upper part of the sacrum connects with the last lumbar vertebra (L5), and its lower part with the coccyx (tailbone) via the sacral and...
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special vertebrae are the atlas and axis, on which the head rests. A typical vertebra consists of two parts: the vertebral body (or centrum), which is ventral...
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Vertebral compression fracture (redirect from Broken vertebra)
compression fracture is a collapse of a vertebra. It may be due to trauma or due to a weakening of the vertebra (compare with burst fracture). This weakening...
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Coccyx (redirect from First coccygeal vertebra)
processes. The first segment is the largest; it resembles the lowest sacral vertebra, and often exists as a separate piece; the remaining ones diminish in size...
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'yoke' + apophysis) of a vertebra is a projection of the vertebra that serves the purpose of fitting with an adjacent vertebra. The actual region of contact...
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first vertebra). Thus the cervical nerves are numbered by the vertebra below, except spinal nerve C8, which exists below vertebra C7 and above vertebra T1...
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Spondylolisthesis is the displacement of one spinal vertebra compared to another. While some medical dictionaries define spondylolisthesis specifically...
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posterior displacement of one vertebral body with respect to the subjacent vertebra to a degree less than a luxation (dislocation). Retrolistheses are most...
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A laminectomy is a surgical procedure that removes a portion of a vertebra called the lamina, which is the roof of the spinal canal. It is a major spine...
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inferior costal facet on the vertebra above, and the larger region articulates with the superior costal facet on the vertebra with the same number. The transverse...
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Sandwich vertebral body is a radiologic sign where the endplates of the vertebra are sclerotic, giving it the appearance of a sandwich. This sign is seen...
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a typical vertebra, the vertebral foramen is the foramen (opening) of a vertebra bounded ventrally/anteriorly by the body of the vertebra, and the dorsally/posteriorly...
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cervical vertebra may be abbreviated as "C4", at the level of the fourth thoracic vertebra "T4", and at the level of the third lumbar vertebra "L3". Because...
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parts of the skull and humerus. Additional specimens, including a neck vertebra, were later placed in the genus, representing a range of sizes. The largest...
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vertebrae to which they attach. The first rib is attached to thoracic vertebra 1 (T1). At the front of the body, most of the ribs are joined by costal...
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and continues through to the conus medullaris near the second lumbar vertebra before terminating in a fibrous extension known as the filum terminale...
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Commonwealth countries and Ireland). Both steaks include a T-shaped lumbar vertebra with sections of abdominal internal oblique muscle on each side. Porterhouse...
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Martti Larni (redirect from The Fourth Vertebra)
other Eastern Bloc countries thanks to his book Neljäs nikama (The Fourth Vertebra). Larni was the fourth of the nine children of master painter Johan Viktor...
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touches the lower limit of the spleen. It corresponds to the first lumbar vertebra behind. The second line is the subcostal line, drawn from the lowest point...
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