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111Degenerative disc disease — Classification and external resources Degenerated disc, C5 C6 with osteophytes ICD 10 …
112invertebrate — invertebracy /in verr teuh breuh see/, invertebrateness, n. /in verr teuh brit, brayt /, adj. 1. Zool. a. not vertebrate; without a backbone. b. of or pertaining to creatures without a backbone. 2. without strength of character. n. 3. an… …
113animal development — Introduction the processes that lead eventually to the formation of a new animal starting from cells derived from one or more parent individuals. Development thus occurs following the process by which a new generation of organisms is produced by …
114Backbone — The spine. A flexible row of bones stretching from the base of the skull to the tailbone. * * * SYN: vertebral column. * * * back·bone bōn, .bōn n 1) SPINAL COLUMN, SPINE 2) the longest chain of atoms or groups of atoms in a usu. long molecule… …
115curvature — A bending or flexure. See angulation. SYN: curvatura. [L. curvatura, fr. curvo, pp. atus, to bend, curve] angular c. a gibbous deformity, i.e., a sharp angulation of the spine, occurring in Pott disease. SYN: Pott c …
116region — 1. An often arbitrarily limited portion of the surface of the body. SEE ALSO: space, zone. 2. A portion of the body having a special nervous or vascular supply, or a part of an organ having a special …
117Body of vertebra — Bone: Body of vertebra A typical thoracic vertebra, viewed from above. (Body visible at top center.) …
118arch — Any structure resembling a bent bow or an a.; an arc. In anatomy, any vaulted or archlike structure. See arcus. SYN: arcus [TA]. [thru O. Fr. fr. L. arcus, bow] abdominothoracic a. a bell shaped line defined by the lower end of the sternum and… …
119vertebrate — /verr teuh brit, brayt /, adj. 1. having vertebrae; having a backbone or spinal column. 2. belonging or pertaining to the Vertebrata (or Craniata), a subphylum of chordate animals, comprising those having a brain enclosed in a skull or cranium… …
120invertebrate — 1. Not possessed of a spinal or vertebral column. 2. Any animal that has no spinal column. * * * in·ver·te·brate ( )in vərt ə brət, .brāt n an animal having no backbone or internal skeleton invertebrate adj lacking a spinal column …
