vertebral body

noun

anatomy

: the thick, cylindrical, anterior part of a vertebra that bears the weight of the head and trunk, is attached to and articulates with an adjacent vertebral body by an intervertebral disc, and encloses the front part of the vertebral foramen

Examples of vertebral body in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Using a low-powered X-ray machine, called fluoroscopy, the physician inserts a needle through the skin and into the fractured vertebral body. —Smita Patel, Verywell Health, 12 July 2024

Other injuries sustained in the crash include a cervical and two thoracic spine vertebral body fractures for Team Emirates rider Jay Vine and a concussion and fractured sternum for EF Pro Cycling’s Sean Quinn. —Matias Grez, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024

One of fixing such a fracture is a kyphoplasty, which involves injected some polymethylmethacrylate medical cement to add back volume to the vertebral body. —Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021

The case described the incidence cardiopulmonary cement embolism after such vertebral body procedures as 0% to 23%. —Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021

Miller has undergone two spinal surgeries — vertebral body tethering — to correct idiopathic scoliosis. —New York Times, 27 July 2021

In 2012, Schloegel’s parents came across two U.S. practices performing vertebral body tethering, an experimental surgery that aims to straighten children’s spines without limiting their mobility. —Katie Palmer, STAT, 14 May 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for vertebral body

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Medical Definition

vertebral body

noun

: the thick, cylindrical, anterior part of a vertebra that bears the weight of the head and trunk, is attached to and articulates with an adjacent vertebral body by an intervertebral disc, and encloses the front part of the vertebral foramen