Subdivision of skeletal system that consists of all the vertebra and associated skeletal elements and joints in the body[modified from VSAO]. [ https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3530322&group_id=76834&atid=2257941 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 VSAO:0000185 ]
Term information
- MESH:D013131
- ZFA:0001559
- XAO:0003074
- SCTID:44300000
- EMAPA:35919
- NCIT:C12998
- AAO:0000734
- NCIT:C33588
- Wikipedia:Vertebral_column
- UMLS:C0037949 (ncithesaurus:Vertebral_Column)
- GAID:106
- FMA:13478
- EHDA:10119
- MA:0002416
- UMLS:C1519455 (ncithesaurus:Spinal_Cord_Column)
- TAO:0001559
- VHOG:0001142
- BTO:0000818
- VSAO:0000185
- AAO:0000699
- galen:SpinalColumn
- NIF_Subcellular:sao1145756102
- EFO:0001369
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
Note that in contrast to VSAO, this is a subset of the skeletal system, and thus includes intervertebral joints, cartilage and ligaments etc. Some ontologies such as AAO seem to purely refer to the skeleton
The vertebral column consists of a series of vertebrae connected by ligaments. It provides a supporting axis for the body and protects the spinal cord. [TFD][VHOG]
Anatomical cluster that consists of all the vertebra in the body.[VSAO]
Vertebrata is characterized by three synapomorphies. First, vertebrates have a backbone composed of vertebrae (...).[well established][VHOG]
Term relations
- subdivision of skeletal system
- has part some vertebral element
- part of some postcranial axial skeletal system
- only in taxon some Vertebrata
- protects some spinal cord