Ver"te*bral*ly, adv. (Anat.) At or within a vertebra or vertebræ; —
distinguished from interverterbrally.
Ver`te*brar*te"ri*al (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a vertebræ and
an artery; — said of the foramina in the transverse processes of
cervical vertebræ and of the canal which they form for the vertebral
artery and vein.
||Ver`te*bra"ta (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) One of the grand divisions of
||the animal kingdom, comprising all animals that have a backbone
||composed of bony or cartilaginous vertebræ, together with Amphioxus
||in which the backbone is represented by a simple undivided notochord.
||The Vertebrata always have a dorsal, or neural, cavity above the
||notochord or backbone, and a ventral, or visceral, cavity below it.
||The subdivisions or classes of Vertebrata are Mammalia, Aves,
||Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces, Marsipobranchia, and Leptocardia.
||
Ver"te*brate (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Vertebrata.
{ Ver"te*brate (?), Ver"te*bra`ted (?), } a. [L. vertebratus.] 1.
(Anat.) Having a backbone, or vertebral column, containing the spinal
marrow, as man, quadrupeds, birds, amphibia, and fishes.
2. (Bot.) Contracted at intervals, so as to resemble the spine in
animals. Henslow.
3. (Zoöl.) Having movable joints resembling vertebræ; — said of the
arms ophiurans.
4. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Vertebrata; — used only in the form
vertebrate.