Name: | vertebra |
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Synonyms: | vertebrae |
Definition: | All serially repeated ossified, cartilaginous, and ligamentous elements around the notochord (Schultze and Arratia, 1988). Adult zebrafish usually 32 vertebrae but may have as few as 30 to as many as 33 vertebrae. |
Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001189] |
Name: | structure |
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Synonyms: | conformation, relational structural quality |
Definition: | A morphology quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's relative position, shape, arrangements and connectivity of an organism's various parts; the pattern underlying its form. |
Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000141] |