Definition of VERTEBRAL

Examples of vertebral in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Meekan and colleagues took vertebral samples from two shark skeletons, one that had been caught legally in a Taiwanese fishery in 2005 that had 35 growth bands; and another from an animal that was stranded off Pakistan in 2012. — National Geographic, "See the Full Archive," 6 Apr. 2020 In addition to understanding more about head movements, the atlas can also share information about blood flow to the brain through vertebral arteries. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, "Ancient human ancestor 'Little Foot' had different head movements from us," 20 Mar. 2020 His vertebral artery was severed; police deemed the attack a possible hate crime. — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, "American Dreams in “The Rose Tattoo” and “Soft Power”," 21 Oct. 2019 This followed a traumatic June 2013 gymnasium fall that resulted in a vertebral compression fracture. — Tom Feran, cleveland.com, "Fred Griffith, Cleveland TV legend, dies at 90," 19 July 2019 The drug also cut in half the risk of a vertebral fracture, when bone compression causes part of the spine to collapse. — Marilynn Marchione, The Seattle Times, "Study suggests more older women may benefit from bone drugs," 1 Oct. 2018 The heightened risk of death aside, the additional health care costs following hip and vertebral fractures are staggering. — Farah Naz Khan, Vox, "Doctors are blasé about bone health and it’s leading to more broken bones in the elderly," 30 July 2018 Compression fractures: a vertebral bone in the spine that has decreased at least 15 to 20 percent in height due to fracture. — St. Elizabeth Healthcare, Cincinnati.com, "Spine Center helps chronic back, neck pain," 23 Oct. 2017 Now, researchers have reported the oldest record of a vertebral malformation in an aquatic animal, a deformity that likely led to scoliosis in the 80-centimeter-long marine reptile known as Stereosternum tumidium. — Katherine Kornei, Science | AAAS, "This 300-million-year-old marine reptile had scoliosis," 22 Sep. 2017

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23 Apr 2020

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“Vertebral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vertebral. Accessed 25 May. 2020.

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