The ossified form of a vertebral element, a skeletal element that forms around the notochord and is part of the vertebral column. [ http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051070 VSAO : 0000184 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000034 ]
Term information
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebra
- UMLS:C0549207 (ncithesaurus:Vertebra)
- ZFA:0001189
- XAO:0004019
- EFO:0001371
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181817002
- MA:0000309
- EMAPA:32740
- NCIT:C12933
- AAO:0000691
- FMA:9914
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0549207
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvt2Dh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- CALOHA:TS-2352
- TAO:0001189
- galen:Vertebra
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
- The ossified form of a vertebral element, a skeletal element that forms around the notochord and is part of the vertebral column.
- we follow FMA in making this an irregular bone - however vertebra have 'epiphyses' which are currently classified as belonging to long bones
- Consider changing name to make distinction from inferred superclass 'vertebral element' clear
- Main component of the vertebral column. It consists of two essential parts, a dorsal neural arch and a ventral centrum.[AAO]
- Endochondral bone that forms around the notochord and is part of the vertebral column.[TAO]
- vertebra bone
- vertebrae
- uberon
- UBERON:0002412