Vertebral column
id:
vertebral-column-183-11893234
title:
Vertebral column
text:
The vertebral column, also known as the spinal column, spine or backbone, is the core part of the axial skeleton in vertebrate animals. The vertebral column is the defining and eponymous characteristic of the vertebrate endoskeleton, where the notochord found in all chordates has been replaced by a segmented series of mineralized irregular bones called vertebrae, separated by fibrocartilaginous intervertebral discs. The dorsal portion of the vertebral column houses the spinal canal, an elongated
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Bony structure found in vertebrates
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebral_column
date created:
2011-11-01T20:44:04Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T22:19:50Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q482853","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q482853"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Illu_vertebral_column.svg","width":656,"height":656}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16