Vertebra

Vertebra

A component of the vertebral column, or backbone, found in vertebrates.

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vertebrae

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The segments of the spinal column; separated by disks made of connective tissue (sing. : vertebra).

vertebrae

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The individual bones that are stacked one on top of another to form the spinal column.

vertebrae

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The segments of the spinal column; separated by disks made of connective tissue (sing.: vertebra).

vertebra

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One of the bony segments of the vertebral column.

vertebra

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A component of the vertebral column, or backbone, found in vertebrates.

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Movement from one place to another. Animals often use limbs, wings, or other appendages for locomotion.

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Stiffenings which support the flesh between the gill slits of chordates. In most vertebrates, the first gill arches have been modified to form the jaw, and in tetrapods, the inner ...

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