vertebral canal

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Origin of vertebral canal

First recorded in 1825–35

But these young women all suffered a rare kind of stroke caused by a vertebral artery dissection, or VAD.
A Stroke That Hits Young Women|Nicole LaPorte|July 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST
With one incision Balsamo separated the vertebral column a couple of inches from the brain, and opened a yawning gash.
Balsamo, The Magician|Alexander Dumas
The vertebral bones serve as mortars in which fish, which have been previously dried in the sun, are pounded.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3)|Strabo
I may conclude this chapter by a brief view of the Fauna of the higher vertebral animals.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi

The vertebral column itself is limp and soft, the vertebræ only imperfectly formed and made of soft cartilage.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various
A single one of these fist-blows, planted in the back, would suffice to break the vertebral column.
Mysterious Psychic Forces|Camille Flammarion