vertebral

Of, relating to, or of the nature of a vertebra.

Having or consisting of vertebrae.

Having a spinal column.

One of the unpaired horny plates which cover the median dorsal portion of the carapace of a turtle.

Of the nature of a vertebra; characteristic of or peculiar to vertebræ: as, vertebral elements or processes; vertebral segmentation.

Pertaining or relating to a vertebra or to vertebræ; spinal: as, vertebral arteries, nerves, muscles; a vertebral theory or formula.

Composed of vertebræ; axial, as the backbone of any vertebrate; spinal; rachidian: as, the vertebral column.

Having vertebræ; backboned; vertebrate: as, a vertebral animal.

In Echinodermata, axial: noting the median ossicles of the ray of any starfish, a series of which forms a solid internal axis of any ray or arm, each ossicle consisting of two lateral halves united by a longitudinal suture, and articulated by tenon-and-mortise joints upon their terminal surfaces. See Ophiuridæ, and cuts under Asteriidæ and Astrophyton.

In entomology, situated on or noting the median line of the upper surface.