vertebral column

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The team found part of the dinosaur's skull, a complete vertebral column extending to the tail, and nearly intact forelimbs and hindlimbs, said CONICET.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

Type 2 diabetes alters the behavior of discs in the vertebral column, making them stiffer, and also causes the discs to change shape earlier than normal.

From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2024

The cartilaginous vertebral column, which is the main body axis, may have anatomical modifications to withstand the extreme bending during the tail-whipping behavior.

From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2024

It is early days, but we have used gastruloids to study the process of somitogenesis, the process that generates the vertebral column and the muscles.

From Scientific American • Nov. 9, 2023

The long axis of the organ is obliquely placed so that the upper pole is much nearer the vertebral column than the lower pole.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various