Search Result for "vertebral_column":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord;
- Example: "the fall broke his back"
[syn: spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vertebral column
    n 1: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton
         and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
         [syn: spinal column, vertebral column, spine,
         backbone, back, rachis]