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vertebra

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The ossified form of a vertebral element, a skeletal element that forms around the notochord and is part of the vertebral column. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 VSAO:0000184 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051070 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000034 ]

Synonyms: vertebra bone, vertebrae

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Term info

database cross reference
  • UMLS:C0549207 (ncithesaurus:Vertebra)
  • NCIT:C12933
  • CALOHA:TS-2352
  • galen:Vertebra
  • TAO:0001189
  • MA:0000309
  • SCTID:181817002
  • AAO:0000691
  • Wikipedia:Vertebra
  • FMA:9914
  • EFO:0001371
  • ZFA:0001189
  • XAO:0004019
  • EMAPA:32740
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

plural term
vertebrae [ PHENOSCAPE:ad ]

UBPROP 0000001

Endochondral bone that forms around the notochord and is part of the vertebral column.[TAO], Main component of the vertebral column. It consists of two essential parts, a dorsal neural arch and a ventral centrum.[AAO]

editor note

Consider changing name to make distinction from inferred superclass 'vertebral element' clear, we follow FMA in making this an irregular bone - however vertebra have 'epiphyses' which are currently classified as belonging to long bones

id

UBERON:0002412

never in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7901

prefLabel

Vertebra