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caudal region of vertebral column
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Subdivision of vertebral column that corresponds to the caudal subdivision of the body, containing the caudal vertebrae. [ ]
Term info
Label
caudal region of vertebral column
Synonyms
- axial skeleton tail region
- caudal skeleton
- caudal vertebrae series
external definition
Region of the vertebral column posterior to the caudal-sacral region, that may consists of two or three to more than 100 vertebrae. These vertebrae exhibit a gradual reduction in the sizes of their transverse processes and zygapophyses, but these structures are never entirely absent. All caudal vertebrae bear haemal arches.[AAO]
external ontology notes
in AAO, this is posterior to the caudal-sacral region
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
tail region, caudal region, postsacral region
id
UBERON:0006076
Term relations
Subclass of:
- subdivision of vertebral column
- part of some caudal region
- subdivision of some caudal region
- part of some postcranial axial skeleton