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Anurans also have nine or fewer presacral vertebrae, and the three or four posterior to the sacrum are fused into a rod called the urostyle.
During turtle ontogeny the reduction of the trunk myomeres leads to sinking of the vertebrae and ribs into the dermis.
It's not a form of manipulation, she says, but a way of allowing the vertebrae to relax into a natural, unstressed position.
He survived with three cracked vertebrae and a dislocated finger after the roof of a shack broke his fall.
Your spinal cord runs down through your vertebrae, and nerves pass through gaps in the spinal column.
The caudal vertebrae have been fused into a single rod-shaped skeletal element that lies between the ilia, in effect moving the tail internally.
The entire neural spine and arch of the first two vertebrae of this series are exposed.
At surgery, there was a significant deformity of the cranial vault at the level of the occiput and first and second cervical vertebrae.
The somites give rise to the vertebrae, to the muscles of the trunk and limbs, and to the dermis of the skin.
In Brachycephalus, there is a dermal bony shield that ossifies dorsal to the vertebrae.
The neural spines in posterior dorsal vertebrae lack distinct lateral projections.
He fell 20 feet off a ladder breaking three vertebrae and exposing his spinal cord.
This is between bone and bone, as between the spinal vertebrae, or above and below a joint.
The sternum may incorporate additional vertebrae and is referred to as a synsacrum.
Essentially it is made of bones known as vertebrae with a disc for shock absorption between the vertebrae.
In his neck two of his vertebrae seemed to be fused together and in quite a sorry state.
Common osteoporotic fracture sites include the vertebrae, the hip, the distal radius of the forearm, and the proximal humerus.
This process puts greater stress on the articular cartilage of the vertebrae and their respective end plates.
Chiropractic adjustments aim to realign your vertebrae, restore range of motion and free up your nerve pathways.
Thoracic and lumbar curves have apex vertebrae in the middle of the thoracic and lumbar regions, respectively.
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The extreme proximal end is fleshy up to its origin, which is fleshy and tendinous from the vertebrae.
The first differs from all the other vertebrae of the body in having a biconvex centrum.
The tubercula of the ribs articulate with the sides of the centra of the thoracic vertebrae, not with the transverse processes.
In the Physeteridae most of the ribs are connected to the vertebrae by both capitula and tubercula.
Ribs are often wanting and when present are often not separated off from the vertebrae.
The neural arches of the vertebrae articulate one with another by the articular facets, each of which has a capsular ligament.
The last six or seven caudal vertebrae coalesce into the pygostyle, an upright blade which carries the rectrices.
The neck is long, the caudal vertebrae are amphicoelous, and from three to five vertebrae are fused together in the sacral region.
The urostyle is post-sacral and corresponds to three or more modified vertebrae.
In Anura the number of vertebrae is very greatly reduced, only nine and the urostyle being present.
Change of form of the odontoid process of the second or axis vertebrae from a cone to a hollow half-cylinder.
Its flesh is delicate and firm, and with the exception of the vertebrae, has no long bones.
I'm her chiropractor, and I'm about to straighten out some vertebrae in her neck!
The skull, pelvis, and most vertebrae, as well as the sternum of this form are unknown.
Biconcave cartilaginous vertebrae are developed, and as is the case in most fishes, constrict the notochord vertebrally.
The sacral ribs have been described in connection with the sacral vertebrae.
In most Edentata there is an extensive fusion of vertebrae in the sacral region.
The ribs which connect the sacral vertebrae with the ilia are however large.
The sacral vertebrae which are fused with one another and united with the pelvis.
The vertebrae are amphicoelous or sometimes nearly flat, and the notochord sometimes persists to some extent.
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