Cervical-vertebrae Sentence Examples
Thirteen to fifteen cervical vertebrae.
Some of the cervical vertebrae are also united in at least the better-known genera.
It may be added that in the Oreodontidae the vertebral artery pierces the transverse processes of the cervical vertebrae in the normal manner.
The bodies of the cervical vertebrae are elongated, strongly keeled, and markedly opisthocoelous, or concave behind and convex in front.
To these is attached the powerful elastic ligament (ligamentum nuchae, or " paxwax ") which, passing forwards in the middle line of the neck above the neural arches of the cervical vertebrae - to which it is also connected - is attached to the occiput and supports the weight of the head.
Cervical spondylitis is inflammation of the synovial joints between the cervical vertebrae.
The isthmus usually lies over the second and third tracheal rings opposite the fifth, sixth and seventh cervical vertebrae.