| 单词 | vertebral column |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvertebral column 8. Anatomy and Physiology. A name given to various parts of the body (usually translating Latin columna); e.g. ‘fleshy columns of the heart’ (columnæ carneæ), ‘column of the nose’ (columna nasi, the anterior part of the septum); esp. spinal column or vertebral column, the spine; and with qualifying phrases. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [noun] > arrangement in line or column columel1610 linea1611 columna1785 ribbon1803 column1828 the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > spine > [noun] ridgeeOE ridge boneOE backbonea1300 chinec1300 rigbonec1400 spinac1400 spinec1400 spine-bonec1400 chine-bone?1533 vertebre1578 vertebre1623 vertebrasa1632 rachis1693 vertebres1696 vertebra1791 vertebral column1828 spinal column1866 1828 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. 745 Before the vertebral column [Fr. la colonne vertébrale]. 1866 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (1872) xi. 261 Along the spinal column..the spinal nerves give off branches. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 34/2 This is termed the ‘posterior vesicular column’, or ‘Clarke's column’, after the late Mr. Lockhart Clarke, who did much to unravel the intricate anatomy of the nerve-centres. 1906 Practitioner Dec. 844 The columns of Morgagni are permanent vertical folds of the mucous membrane of the anal canal. 1907 Practitioner June 859 The postero-lateral column of Burdach. 1907 Practitioner June 859 The postero-mesial column of Goll. vertebral column 2. Composed of vertebræ; spinal. Frequently in vertebral column. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > spine > [adjective] > vertebra of > composed or consisting of vertebral1822 vertebrated1863 1822 J. Flint Lett. from Amer. 234 The vertebral column was completely pliant, her body..bent in every direction successively. 1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 632/1 Every lesser unit of the vertebral chain. 1877 J. A. Allen Amer. Bisons 449 The smaller size of the posterior part of the vertebral column in the American bison. < as lemmas |
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