Vertebrate Taxonomy

A biological science concerned with the origin, structure, development, growth, function, genetics, and reproduction of animals having a vertebral column.

A subphylum of animals consisting of those having a bony or cartilaginous vertebral column.

A vein originating within the occipital region that descends along the cervical vertebrae while receiving numerous tributaries to ultimately empty into the…

Any of the joints associated with the vertebral column.

Traumatic or pathological injury to the spine in which the continuity of a vertebral bone is broken. Symptoms include back pain and…

The bones, muscles, tendons, and other tissues that reach from the base of the skull to the tailbone. The vertebral column encloses…