vertebral column

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Noun vertebral column has 1 sense

spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis - the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
--₁ is a kind of skeletal structure
--₁ is a part of axial skeleton
--₁ has parts:
spinal canal, vertebral canal, canalis vertebralis; coccyx, tail bone; vertebra; intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk
--₁ has particulars: notochord; chine

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