vertebra
vertebra /ˈvɝ.təb.ɹə/ nghĩa là đốt sống
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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.
A giraffe neck vertebra can be five inches long.
Sami fractured a vertebra and lost consciousness.
Dạng khác
- vertebrae plural
- vertebræ obsolete, plural
- vertebras plural