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Definition of Caudal vertebra
1. Noun. One of 4 vertebrae in the human coccyx.
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Literary usage of Caudal vertebra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy of the Cat by Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings (1901)
"The caudal vertebra: (21—23 m number) decrease gradually in size to the last one.
... The spinous process disappears at about the fourth caudal vertebra, ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1892)
"Liberation of the first sacral vertebra is more common than assimilation of the
fifth lumbar vertebra; and assimilation of the first caudal vertebra is more ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1906)
"The first caudal vertebra so- closely resembles the last body vertebra that it
... The third caudal vertebra may be described as a type of those of this ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1842)
"A caudal vertebra exhibiting this modification in Mr. Holmes's collection ...
2130) is not a more posterior caudal vertebra from a larger Iguanodon is shown ..."
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