vertebral body
noun
anatomy
: the thick, cylindrical, anterior part of a vertebra that bears the weight of the head and trunk, is attached to and articulates with an adjacent vertebral body by an intervertebral disc, and encloses the front part of the vertebral foramen
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Using a low-powered X-ray machine, called fluoroscopy, the physician inserts a needle through the skin and into the fractured vertebral body.
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Smita Patel, Verywell Health, 12 July 2024
Other injuries sustained in the crash include a cervical and two thoracic spine vertebral body fractures for Team Emirates rider Jay Vine and a concussion and fractured sternum for EF Pro Cycling’s Sean Quinn.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
One of fixing such a fracture is a kyphoplasty, which involves injected some polymethylmethacrylate medical cement to add back volume to the vertebral body.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
The case described the incidence cardiopulmonary cement embolism after such vertebral body procedures as 0% to 23%.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
Miller has undergone two spinal surgeries — vertebral body tethering — to correct idiopathic scoliosis.
—New York Times, 27 July 2021
In 2012, Schloegel’s parents came across two U.S. practices performing vertebral body tethering, an experimental surgery that aims to straighten children’s spines without limiting their mobility.
—Katie Palmer, STAT, 14 May 2021
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Smita Patel, Verywell Health, 12 July 2024
Other injuries sustained in the crash include a cervical and two thoracic spine vertebral body fractures for Team Emirates rider Jay Vine and a concussion and fractured sternum for EF Pro Cycling’s Sean Quinn.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
One of fixing such a fracture is a kyphoplasty, which involves injected some polymethylmethacrylate medical cement to add back volume to the vertebral body.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
The case described the incidence cardiopulmonary cement embolism after such vertebral body procedures as 0% to 23%.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
Miller has undergone two spinal surgeries — vertebral body tethering — to correct idiopathic scoliosis.
—New York Times, 27 July 2021
In 2012, Schloegel’s parents came across two U.S. practices performing vertebral body tethering, an experimental surgery that aims to straighten children’s spines without limiting their mobility.
—Katie Palmer, STAT, 14 May 2021
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“Vertebral body.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vertebral%20body. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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