Sacrum: alternatives and connections

The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum…

A prickle.

The lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture. See Column.

The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.

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

The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebrae more or less consol…

A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of b…

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

The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.

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…

The doctrine or science of musical sounds.

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…