plural of vertebra; the bones that make up the spinal column.

(anatomy) 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.

plural of vertebra

plural of lumbar vertebra

plural of anticlinal vertebra

plural of thoracic vertebra

plural of sacral vertebra

plural of coccygeal vertebra

plural of cervical vertebra

Any of the four vertebrae that are found in the human coccyx.