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vertebra one of the bony segments of the spinal column vertebra [′vərd·ə·brə] (anatomy) One of the bones that make up the spine in vertebrates. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Michelle Berman, assistant curator of vertabrae zoology at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, examined the dead whale and said it appeared to be a female fin whale, or possibly a sei whale. As the Latin American inspired dance called the lambada sweeps northward, physicians from Miami to Montreal are beginning to see female patients with "lambada fractures" -- broken vertabrae at the base of the neck. nbsp;fusion, or ALIF, is performed on patients suffering from degenerative disc disease, a condition that results in the deterioration of the discs that work as shock absorbers between the vertabrae of the spine. |
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