Coccyx: alternatives and connections

The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra.

Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column.

Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air,…

Having the tail fin divided into two equal parts by the notochord, or end of the vertebral column; protocercal. See Protocercal.

one of 12 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; thoracic vertebrae extend from the seventh cervical vertebra down to the first lumb…

Upon or above the notochord; -- applied esp. to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguis…

Secondary and less distinct tones which accompany any principal, and apparently simple, tone, as the octave, the twelfth, the fifteent…

Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sha…

Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; -- opposed to heterocercal.

Below the vertebral column, subvertebral.

Between crura; -- applied especially to the interneural plates in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes.

Between spines; esp., between the spinous processes of the vertebral column.

one of 5 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; lumbar vertebrae extend from the twelfth thoracic vertebra down to the sacral verteb…

Of or pertaining to the loins and sacrum; as, the lumbosacral nerve, a branch of one of the lumber nerves which passes over the sacrum.

An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column…

Any one of several species of rodents of the genus Lagomys, resembling small tailless rabbits. They inhabit the high mountains of Asia…

Situated in front of the back; immediately in front, or on the ventral side the dorsal part of the vertebral column.

Situated immediately in front, or on the ventral side, of the vertebral column; prespinal.