单词 | vertebra |
释义 | vertebra (once / 3432 pages) n A vertebra is one of the little bones in your spinal column; there are vertebrae up and down your back. Your whole body is full of bones, and one of those types of bones are vertebrae: the bones in your back. These bones are very important because they protect your spinal column, which allows your brain to communicate with the rest of your body. A serious back injury could damage a vertebra, resulting in pain or spinal damage. If you bend over and then straighten up slowly, you can feel yourself rising one vertebra at a time. WORD FAMILYvertebra: vertebrae, vertebral, vertebras+/intervertebral: intervertebrally/vertebral: intervertebral USAGE EXAMPLESThree vertebrae were broken, and she was temporarily paralyzed from the waist down and in a coma for a time. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) The victim was rushed to University Hospitals, where a doctor says the bullet was lodged against one of his vertebrae. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) The Grizzlies announced the move Monday, a week after Mike Conley broke several bones on the vertebrae of his lower back. Washington Times(Dec 05, 2016) n one of the bony segments of the spinal column Hypo|Hyper cervical vertebra, neck bone one of 7 vertebrae in the human spine located in the neck region dorsal vertebra, thoracic vertebraone of 12 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; thoracic vertebrae extend from the seventh cervical vertebra down to the first lumbar vertebra lumbar vertebraone of 5 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; lumbar vertebrae extend from the twelfth thoracic vertebra down to the sacral vertebrae sacral vertebraone of 5 vertebrae in the human spine that fuse in the adult to form the sacrum caudal vertebra, coccygeal vertebraone of 4 vertebrae in the human coccyx atlas, atlas vertebrathe 1st cervical vertebra axis, axis vertebrathe 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head bone, os rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates |
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