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BACKBONE |
Spinal column |
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VERTEBRA |
One of the serial segments of the spinal column. |
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VERTEBRAL |
Of or pertaining to a vertebrae, or the vertebral
column; spinal; rachidian. |
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VERTEBRATED |
Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the
spinal marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes. |
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SPINE |
The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called
from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae. |
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DURA MATER |
The tough, fibrous membrane, which lines the cavity of
the skull and spinal column, and surrounds the brain and spinal cord;
-- frequently abbreviated to dura. |
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SPINA BIFIDA |
A congenital malformation in which the spinal column is
cleft at its lower portion, and the membranes of the spinal cord
project as an elastic swelling from the gap thus formed. |
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COLUMN |
...n in
architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column
of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the Column Vendome; the spinal
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LOIN |
That part of a human being or quadruped, which extends on
either side of the spinal column between the hip bone and the false
ribs. In human be... |