One of the Individual Small Bones in the Spine

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Pet Shop, Group 357, Puzzle 3 (Identification Tag).

Question is: One of the Individual Small Bones in the Spine

and the answer is: VERTEBRA

Word Meaning:

VERTEBRA — (anatomy) Any of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher vertebrates having a short more or less cylindrical body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent vertebrae and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord.

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