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vertebra - use in sentences
Converse of object
- fracture: Karl Muggeridge, who fell this morning, has fractured the 12th vertebra and the second lumbar.
Preposition: of
- neck: However, because the muscles and vertebrae of the neck are tough, decapitation may require more than one blow.
Noun used with modifier
- atlas: The atlas vertebra meets with the occipital condyles which flank the foramen magnum in the basilar part of the occipital bone of the skull.
Converse of object
- break: It is also possible to break the vertebrae in the neck without causing any injury to the spinal cord.
- move: The device performs a gentle and repeated circular motion, which moves the vertebrae of the lower back and the pelvic area.
- call: There are seven bones called vertebrae in your neck which balance the heavy weight of your head.
- have: In 1966 she had three vertebrae fused in her back.
Adjective modifier
- cervical: The Chi Machine can adjust the whole spine all the way up to the cervical vertebra.
- caudal: Also in 1996, another caudal vertebra was found.
Preposition: in
- spine: It is the only vertebra in the spine which has no vertebral body.
Adjective modifier
- lumbar: A lumbar fracture is a break in the lumbar vertebrae.
- sacral: Sacral vertebrae are the bones of the spine in this region, which are fused together to form a bone called the sacrum.
- fractured: However, the range of variability in fractured vertebrae would pose a problem for a global model.
Preposition: in
- neck: C followed by a number from 1 to 7 will refer to the vertebrae in the neck.
- column: The number of vertebrae in the human spinal column.
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