vertebrae
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Fibrocartilage is tougher and better suited to absorbing force, including in areas between the vertebrae of the spine.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
For his part, the unnamed 17-year-old said in a since-deleted social media post that he suffered six fractured vertebrae and a badly bruised tailbone and needed nine stitches in his foot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The sacrum is a group of vertebrae connected to the pelvis and forms part of the animal's lower spine.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
FARGO, N.D.—Oak Reile was delivering a pallet of washer fluid, cigarettes and candy to a local convenience store in 2020 when he slipped and fell, breaking two vertebrae and paralyzing him from the armpits down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
I had drawn its body inside and out—the vertebrae like cartilaginous Legos, the placement of the organs, the fins, and the industrial hinges of the jaw.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
