vertebra in dogs

The ossified form of a vertebral element, a skeletal element that forms around the notochord and is part of the vertebral column. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the vertebra is

The ossified form of a vertebral element, a skeletal element that forms around the notochord and is part of the vertebral column. The atlas records it as a bone at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the vertebra is

It sits within the skeletal system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the vertebra connects to

The atlas records 22 typed relationships for it, across 8 kinds of connection. part of vertebral column.

Supply and innervation

Venous drainage: iliolumbar vein.

Also called

Also recorded as vertebra bone and vertebrae. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002412, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: vertebral column.
• A kind of: bone element, endochondral bone and skeletal element.
• Connected to: head of rib and proximal segment of rib.
• subtype: caudal vertebra, lumbar vertebra, sacral vertebra, thoracic vertebra, trunk or cervical vertebra and vertebral bone 1, and 1 more.
• contains: arch of centrum of vertebra, bony vertebral centrum, neural spine, pedicle of vertebra, transverse process of vertebra and zygapophysis.
• composed of: bone tissue.
• Drained by: iliolumbar vein.
• originates from: serratus dorsalis inferior muscle.

Questions

Where is the vertebra?

It sits within the skeletal system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the vertebra connect to?

Part of: vertebral column.

Is the vertebra the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.