Vertebral

Pertaining to or characteristic of a vertebra; made up of or po e ing vertebrae. V. Canal. See Canal . V. Column, Commencement of Third Stage of Bipolar Version. (After R. Barnes.) Vertebra (ver' -te-brali). The vertebrae in man are the 33 bones forming the spine or vertebral column, divided into 7 cervical, 12 thoracic or dorsal, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, 4 coccygeal. In a wider sense any axial metamere of the skull or of the neuroskeleton is called a vertebra. V., Basilar, the last lumbar vertebra. Vae., Caudal, the vertebrae of the tail. Vae., Cephalic, the bones of the skull considered as vertebral in type. Vae., Cranial, vertebrae formed of the cranial bones and the o eous and cartilaginous appendages of the skull. V. dentata, the axis, or second cervical. Vae., Dorsal, same as Pa., Thoracic. Vae., False, or Fixed, the united portions of the coccyx and the sacrum. Vae., Pelvic. Same as Va., Sacral. V. prominens, the seventh cervical. Vae., Sacral, the five bones entering into the formation of the sacrum. Vae., Thoracic, the costiferous vertebrae, numbering twelve in man. V., the spine, or back-bone, composed of the vertebrae.