CERVICAL VERTEBRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cervical vertebra mean? 

• CERVICAL VERTEBRA (noun)
  The noun CERVICAL VERTEBRA has 1 sense:

1. one of 7 vertebrae in the human spine located in the neck region

  Familiarity information: CERVICAL VERTEBRA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CERVICAL VERTEBRA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of 7 vertebrae in the human spine located in the neck region

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cervical vertebra; neck bone

Hypernyms ("cervical vertebra" is a kind of...):

vertebra (one of the bony segments of the spinal column)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cervical vertebra"):

atlas; atlas vertebra (the 1st cervical vertebra)

axis; axis vertebra (the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head)

Holonyms ("cervical vertebra" is a part of...):

cervix; neck (the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body)

 Context examples 

The first of the seven cervical vertebrae.

(C1 Vertebra, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of the eight nerves arising from one of the seven cervical vertebrae.

(Cervical Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)

A muscle originating for the transverse processes of the upper thoracic vertebrae which inserts into the transverse process of the upper and middle cervical vertebrae acting to extend the cervical spine.

(Longissimus Cervicis, NCI Thesaurus)

It serves as the structure that supports the rotation of the first cervical vertebra.

(Odontoid Process, NCI Thesaurus)

The seventh of the seven cervical vertebrae.

(C7 Vertebra, NCI Thesaurus)

Any one of the three sympathetic ganglia of the cervical vertebrae.

(Cervical Ganglia, NCI Thesaurus)

The third of the seven cervical vertebrae.

(C3 Vertebra, NCI Thesaurus)

The second of the seven cervical vertebrae.

(C2 Vertebra, NCI Thesaurus)

A muscle originating from the anterior tubercle of the transverse processes of cervical vertebrae three through six that inserts at the basilar process of the occipital bone acting to turn the neck anteriorly.

(Longus Capitis, NCI Thesaurus)

The fifth of the seven cervical vertebrae.

(C5 Vertebra, NCI Thesaurus)