vertebral canal

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Origin of vertebral canal

First recorded in 1825–35

Words nearby vertebral canal

vertebra, vertebra dentata, vertebral, vertebral arch, vertebral artery, vertebral canal, vertebral column, vertebral foramen, vertebral formula, vertebral nerve, vertebral rib

How to use vertebral canal in a sentence

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

Medical definitions for vertebral canal

vertebral canal

The canal that contains the spinal cord, spinal meninges, and related structures and is formed by the vertebral foramina of successive vertebrae of the articulated spinal column.spinal canal