centrum
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- noun
- /ˈsɛntrəm/
- Specialized
- Position of facet of cranial parapophyses on peripheral ridge of centrum
- length of the centrum
Examples
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Position of the facet of craniolateral parapophyses on the peripheral ridge of the centrum
Academic text (2018) -
After a single afternoon in a foreign city, she will have mastered the public transportation system and be able to find her way to the centrum from the most desolate-seeming corners.
Fiction book (1998) -
I want the whole centrum myself for the spinal work.
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Ventral crest on present absent vertebral centrum
Academic text (2018) -
What your hand feels is the centrum, or body, of each vertebra; the pedicles and laminae reach inward toward the vital organs.
Fiction book (1999) -
I'm currently spending a few months in a suburb near Stockholm, and my local subway stop is in a place called Morby Centrum, a small mall with housing around it, built right next to a highway.
Blog text (10) -
Serial number of 5c, 6c, 7c vertebra. Vertebral character: ventral crest on absent vertebral centrum.
Academic text (2018) -
The centrum of the vertebra supports the weight of the entire spine.
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Each vertebra has a centrum that bears most of its weight.
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The thick centrum is essential for the structure of the vertebra.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Centrum comes from the old Greek word kentron, meaning 'center', the same idea as the English word center. So the vertebral centrum is the 'center' or main body of the bone that holds most of the spine's weight.