: one of the bony or cartilaginous segments composing the spinal column, 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
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Recent Examples on the WebSurgery revealed damage to her spinal cord, in the area below the T-6 vertebra.New York Times, 14 July 2022 The crew member suffered a fracture to a vertebra in her upper back during touch down at the John Wayne-Orange County Airport in Santa Ana, Calif., on July 1, according to federal safety investigators. Emma Becker, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2022 In Egypt's Sahara Desert, paleontologists have uncovered a 98-million-year-old vertebra belonging to a new type of large-bodied, meat-eating dinosaur. Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 June 2022 At the top, inhale and hold your breath a few seconds, then exhale and slowly roll back down one vertebra at a time. Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 20 May 2021 Nearly a year later, after a lengthy search for him had ended, a beachgoer found his vertebra on Montara State Beach about 200 yards away. Vanessa Arredondo, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 June 2022 Hesham Sallam, the founding director of the MUVP and a member of the research team, told ABC News that a meticulous operation was carried out to remove iron and sand from the vertebra's surface. Hatem Maher, ABC News, 9 June 2022 The Army said another grave contained an additional second vertebra, a bone that sits high in the neck. Jeff Gammage, Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2022 The injuries included a compression fracture of a vertebra that left the unidentified patient with a 75% stature loss, an inspection report shows. Brooks Sutherland, The Enquirer, 21 Apr. 2022 See More