vertebral column
Subdivision of skeletal system that consists of all the vertebra and associated skeletal elements and joints in the body[modified from VSAO]. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3530322&group_id=76834&atid=2257941 VSAO:0000185 ]
Term info
- TAO:0001559
- MESH:D013131
- SCTID:44300000
- ZFA:0001559
- NCIT:C33588
- NIF_Subcellular:sao1145756102
- GAID:106
- FMA:13478
- VSAO:0000185
- AAO:0000734
- EMAPA:35919
- VHOG:0001142
- EHDA:10119
- UMLS:C0037949 (ncithesaurus:Vertebral_Column)
- XAO:0003074
- UMLS:C1519455 (ncithesaurus:Spinal_Cord_Column)
- EFO:0001369
- AAO:0000699
- Wikipedia:Vertebral_column
- galen:SpinalColumn
- NCIT:C12998
- BTO:0000818
- MA:0002416
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
The vertebral column consists of a series of vertebrae connected by ligaments. It provides a supporting axis for the body and protects the spinal cord. [TFD][VHOG], Anatomical cluster that consists of all the vertebra in the body.[VSAO]
Vertebrata is characterized by three synapomorphies. First, vertebrates have a backbone composed of vertebrae (...).[well established][VHOG]
Note that in contrast to VSAO, this is a subset of the skeletal system, and thus includes intervertebral joints, cartilage and ligaments etc. Some ontologies such as AAO seem to purely refer to the skeleton
columna vertebralis, vertebral region, spinal column, dorsal spine
spine
backbone, vertebral column skeleton
uberon
UBERON:0001130
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7762
Vertebral column
Term relations
- subdivision of skeletal system
- anatomical entity
- in taxon some (not Myxinidae)
- part of some postcranial axial skeletal system
- composed primarily of some vertebral element
- only in taxon some Vertebrata
- protects some spinal cord