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Wirbelknochen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • vertebra noun Any one of the small bones that link together to form the spine.

Senses

Wirbelknochen is used for these senses in English:

  • vertebra (skeleton) Any of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher vertebrates having a short more or less cylindrical body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent vertebrae and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord.
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