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Vertebra[1] sive spondylus[2][3][4] (e Graece σφόνδυλος vel σπόνδυλος) est os irregulare et in animalibus vertebratis, ergo etiam in homine, singulum os columnae vertebralis. Columnae vertebrali hominis sunt 32 ad 34 vertebrae.
Plerisque vertebris structurae eadem vel similes sunt, ut:
Pars superior, cervicalis, columnae vertebralis ex vertebris septem composita est. Quibusdam vertebris nomina propria sunt:
In hominibus vertebrae thoracicae duodecim sunt, ab cuiusque vertebrarum thoracicarum utroque latere singulis costa se extendit, in toto costae viginti quattuor.
Vertebrarum morbi spondylopathiae vocitantur, per exemplum:
Ossa longa | |
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Ossa plana |
costae • scapula • sternum (cum processu xiphoideo) • coxa |
Ossa brevia | |
Ossa sesamoida | |
Ossa pneumatica |
os frontale • maxilla • os ethmoides |
Ossa irregularia |
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