The ossified form of a vertebral element, a skeletal element that forms around the notochord and is part of the vertebral column. [ VSAO:0000184 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051070 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000034 ]
Synonyms: vertebra bone vertebrae
Term information
- NCIT:C12933
- EMAPA:32740
- galen:Vertebra
- TAO:0001189
- SCTID:181817002
- MA:0000309
- UMLS:C0549207 (ncithesaurus:Vertebra)
- Wikipedia:Vertebra
- ZFA:0001189
- CALOHA:TS-2352
- AAO:0000691
- XAO:0004019
- FMA:9914
- EFO:0001371
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
Consider changing name to make distinction from inferred superclass 'vertebral element' clear
we follow FMA in making this an irregular bone - however vertebra have 'epiphyses' which are currently classified as belonging to long bones
Endochondral bone that forms around the notochord and is part of the vertebral column.[TAO]
Main component of the vertebral column. It consists of two essential parts, a dorsal neural arch and a ventral centrum.[AAO]