VERTEBRA 



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VERTEBRATION 



Second Stage of Bipolar Version. {After R. Barnes!) 



Commencement of Third Stage of Bipolar Version. 

 {After R. Barnes.) 



Vertebra (ver' -te-brali) [vertere, to turn : //., Vertebra']. 

 The vertebrae in man are the 33 bones forming the 

 spine or vertebral column, divided into 7 cervical, 12 

 thoracic or dorsal, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, 4 coccygeal. In 

 a wider sense any axial metamere of the skull or of the 

 neuroskeleton is called a vertebra. V., Basilar, the 

 last lumbar vertebra. Vae., Caudal, the vertebrae of 

 the tail. Vae., Cephalic, the bones of the skull con- 

 sidered as vertebral in type. Vae., Cranial, vertebrae 

 formed of the cranial bones and the osseous and carti- 

 laginous appendages of the skull. V. dentata, the 

 axis, or second cervical. Vae., Dorsal, same as Pa., 

 Thoracic. Vae., False, or Fixed, the united portions 

 of the coccyx and the sacrum. Vae., Pelvic. Same 

 as Va., Sacral. V. prominens, the seventh cer- 

 vical. Vae., Sacral, the five bones entering into 

 the formation of the sacrum. Vae., Thoracic, the 

 costiferous vertebrae, numbering twelve in man. V., 



Second Part of Third 

 Stage of Bipolar Ver- 

 sion. {After R.Barnes.) 



Tricuspid, in lower 

 animals the sixth cer- 

 vical vertebra. Vae., 

 True, the cervical, 

 thoracic, and lumbar 

 vertebrae. Those which 

 are not fused in adult 

 life. Vae., United. Same 

 as Vie. , False. 



Vertebral [ver'- te - bral) 

 [vertebralis]. Pertain- 

 ing to or characteristic 

 of a vertebra ; made up 

 of or possessing verte- 

 brae. V. Canal. See 

 Canal. V. Column, 

 the spine, or back-bone, 

 composed of the verte- 

 brae. 



Vertebrarterial (ver-te- 

 brar-te' -re-al ) [vertebra, 

 vertebra ; aprepeia, ar- 

 tery]. Belonging or per- 

 taining to the vertebral 

 arteries or veins. 



Vertebrata (ver-te-bra'- 

 ta/i) [vertebra, a verte- 

 bra]. In biology, a great 

 division of the animal 

 kingdom, including all 

 animals having ;t spinal 

 column, or its equivalent 

 body axis. 



Vertebrate {vcr f -te-brat) 

 [verteb-ra, vertebra]. 

 Having or pertaining to 

 vertebra'. 



Vertebration {ver - te - bra' '■ 



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 processes of first t< 

 vertebra?. C. Am 

 face of sacrum. I ). K01 

 in transverse processi 

 cervical vertebi ie, 



shun) [vertebra, vertebra]- 



