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Definition of Dorsal vertebra
1. Noun. One of 12 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; thoracic vertebrae extend from the seventh cervical vertebra down to the first lumbar vertebra.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dorsal Vertebra
Literary usage of Dorsal vertebra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"Demi-facet for head of rib. Facet for tubercle of rib. Demi-facet for head of rib.
Inferior articular process. FIG. 5.—A dorsal vertebra. ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"(See below, twelfth dorsal vertebra.) The peculiar dorsal vertebrae are the first,
ninth, ... The First dorsal vertebra presents, on each side of the body, ..."
3. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1899)
"There are seven dorsal vertebra bearing rite; the first dorsal is never ...
In one Sultan fowl, however, the two first dorsal vertebra were free. ..."
4. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1887)
"There are seven dorsal vertebra bearing ribs ; the first dorsal is never ...
The seventh dorsal vertebra, in every case excepting in one Spanish cock, ..."
5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1892)
"Fracture of the Twelfth dorsal vertebra.—Dr. JT Eskridge, of Denver, Colorado,
relates a case of fracture of the twelfth dorsal vertebra, followed by injury ..."
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