Subdivision of skeletal system that consists of all the vertebra and associated skeletal elements and joints in the body[modified from VSAO]. [ VSAO:0000185 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3530322&group_id=76834&atid=2257941 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term information
- XAO:0003074
- GAID:106
- NCIT:C33588
- AAO:0000699
- FMA:13478
- galen:SpinalColumn
- BTO:0000818
- AAO:0000734
- VHOG:0001142
- EMAPA:35919
- UMLS:C0037949 (ncithesaurus:Vertebral_Column)
- TAO:0001559
- Wikipedia:Vertebral_column
- EHDA:10119
- NIF_Subcellular:sao1145756102
- SCTID:44300000
- ZFA:0001559
- MA:0002416
- EFO:0001369
- VSAO:0000185
- MESH:D013131
- NCIT:C12998
- UMLS:C1519455 (ncithesaurus:Spinal_Cord_Column)
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
Note that in contrast to VSAO, this is a subset of the skeletal system, and thus includes intervertebral joints, cartilage and ligaments etc. Some ontologies such as AAO seem to purely refer to the skeleton
The vertebral column consists of a series of vertebrae connected by ligaments. It provides a supporting axis for the body and protects the spinal cord. [TFD][VHOG]
Anatomical cluster that consists of all the vertebra in the body.[VSAO]
Vertebrata is characterized by three synapomorphies. First, vertebrates have a backbone composed of vertebrae (...).[well established][VHOG]
Term relations
- subdivision of skeletal system
- in taxon some (not Myxinidae)
- in taxon some Vertebrata
- part of some postcranial axial skeletal system
- composed primarily of some vertebral element
- protects some spinal cord