Back

Of skeletal structure and axial skeleton.   May also be referred to as backbone, rachis, spinal column, spine and vertebral column.

The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back".

This concept's ID is @1~30440

Bone

  • vertebra 8 facts

    One of the bony segments of the spinal column.

  • coccyx 1 facts

    The end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes.

Also contains

  • notochord 1 facts

    A flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest...

  • spinal canal 0 facts

    The canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes.

  • intervertebral disc 0 facts

    A fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae...

  • chine 0 facts

    Backbone of an animal.