Subdivision of skeletal system that consists of all the vertebra and associated skeletal elements and joints in the body[modified from VSAO].
Comment:
[homology-note] "Vertebrata is characterized by three synapomorphies. First, vertebrates have a backbone composed of vertebrae (...).[well established][VHOG]" xsd:string {date_retrieved="2012-09-17", external_class="VHOG:0001142", ontology="VHOG", source="ISBN:978-0030223693 Liem KF, Bemis WE, Walker WF, Grande L, Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates: An Evolutionary Perspective (2001) p.53", source="http://bgee.unil.ch/"}
Synonyms:
narrow_synonym:
backbone; vertebral column skeleton
broad_synonym:
spine
related_synonym:
columna vertebralis; dorsal spine; spinal column; vertebral region