vertebral column

noun

Examples of vertebral column in a Sentence

carefully reconstructed the vertebral column of the dinosaur
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The vertebral column comprises individual vertebral bones with spinal discs between each bone. Jennifer Steinhoff, Verywell Health, 13 Mar. 2025 Shimada’s team used incomplete fossils of the megalodon’s vertebral column and compared them to the bodies of 165 other living and extinct shark species to extrapolate the animal’s size. Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025 The researchers followed up in 2022 with a reconstructed 3D model, extrapolating the dimensions from a megalodon specimen (a vertebral column) in Belgium. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Mar. 2025 When bending to lift from the floor, force is exerted by the lower back muscles and the vertebral column is the pivot point. Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 30 May 2024 The researchers dug up a partial vertebral column, composed of 27 vertebrae in total, from a mine in the Kutch District in Gujarat State on India’s western coast. Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024 So to determine the complexity of a vertebral column, McShea measured how different the individual vertebrae were from one another along six separate dimensions-- length, thickness at the thickest point, and so on. Lori Oliwenstein, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 His premise was straightforward: a vertebral column consisting of, say, 20 vertebrae, all of them identical, is a simple vertebral column. Lori Oliwenstein, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 What scientists discovered was the whale suffered a catastrophic blunt force traumatic injury, impacting the vertebral column. Greg Wehner, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2023

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1822, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of vertebral column was in 1822

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“Vertebral column.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vertebral%20column. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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