How to Use vertebral in a Sentence

vertebral

adjective

• The left vertebral artery is working well, according to the post.
  — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2021
• The five lumbar vertebral bodies are the bones that are stacked on top of each other to form your lower spine.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
• The drug also cut in half the risk of a vertebral fracture, when bone compression causes part of the spine to collapse.
  — Marilynn Marchione, The Seattle Times, 1 Oct. 2018
• All vertebrates have a spine composed of a string of vertebral segments, but species vary in their number and size.
  — Quanta Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
• Another suffered a sliced vertebral artery which led to a stroke and later death.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 3 Sep. 2021
• First is the transverse foramina---the holes in their vertebrae through which the vertebral artery is threaded.
  — Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 1 Feb. 2013
• Compression fractures: a vertebral bone in the spine that has decreased at least 15 to 20 percent in height due to fracture.
  — St. Elizabeth Healthcare, Cincinnati.com, 23 Oct. 2017
• On May 24, surgeons at St. Luke’s removed part of Garner’s vertebral bone to ease pressure on his spinal cord.
  — Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Nov. 2021
• Martill notes that the short length of the tail in relation to the body, structure of the pelvis, impressions of body scales, recurved teeth, high vertebral count and the shape of the vertebrae all make Tetrapodophis a snake.
  — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2015
• Stone had suffered from a ruptured vertebral artery, which lead to brain hemorrhage.
  — Fiorella Valdesolo, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2023
• Palmer labeled the issue as a bone out of place — other chiropractors now might apply the term to a vertebral joint with a reduced range of motion.
  — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 15 Mar. 2021
• His vertebral artery was severed; police deemed the attack a possible hate crime.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2019
• Two patients died, one from significant blood loss after the operation and the other from a stroke caused by a cut vertebral artery.
  — Mahita Gajanan, Time, 16 July 2021
• Accumulation of loose vertebral bones in one of the transport boxes.
  — Tess Joosse, Discover Magazine, 6 July 2023
• The heightened risk of death aside, the additional health care costs following hip and vertebral fractures are staggering.
  — Farah Naz Khan, Vox, 30 July 2018
• Its 15-foot-long body size, a shorter and stronger snout, tooth wear and vertebral formation indicated that Ankylorhiza was the first Odontocete predator that could eat both small- and large-bodied prey and swim faster than other whales.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 9 July 2020
• The accident left her with three fractured vertebrae, including an eighth thoracic vertebra (T8) vertebral burst fracture, burns on her arms and legs and a knee injury.
  — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2022
• The 43-foot-long, 20-year-old whale suffered multiple vertebral fractures and separations from a likely ship strike that would have resulted in death shortly after the injury.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2023
• Gavin Smith, an osteopath in London, goes even further, suggesting that slumping can increase spine length and reduce stiffness in vertebral joints (by increasing the amount of fluid between disks).
  — Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2021
• In addition to understanding more about head movements, the atlas can also share information about blood flow to the brain through vertebral arteries.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Mar. 2020
• According to Shapiro, three specific Verte-Stack vertebral replacement devices could only be used for their contraindicated purpose in the upper spine, because of their shape and size.
  — Jim Spencer and Joe Carlson, Star Tribune, 6 Apr. 2021
• Acceptance of germ theory and vaccination would repudiate the founding premise of the profession that all disease stems from vertebral misalignments.
  — Sean B. Carroll, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2020
• This followed a traumatic June 2013 gymnasium fall that resulted in a vertebral compression fracture.
  — Tom Feran, cleveland.com, 19 July 2019
• If successful, the new and minimally-invasive surgical remedy may help 5 million Americans who suffer from a type of chronic low back pain that involves vertebral endplates and the transmission of pain along something called the basivertebral nerve.
  — Dee Depass, Star Tribune, 5 Nov. 2020
• Working with chicken embryos, his research team identified the key players that are rhythmically expressed during the formation of each vertebral segment in embryonic tissue.
  — Quanta Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
• Now, researchers have reported the oldest record of a vertebral malformation in an aquatic animal, a deformity that likely led to scoliosis in the 80-centimeter-long marine reptile known as Stereosternum tumidium.
  — Katherine Kornei, Science | AAAS, 22 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 8 Dec 2024