| 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: | condensed |
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| Synonyms: | compact, compressed, dense, squashed |
| Definition: | A structural quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's being thicker or more closely packed together; pressed tightly together. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001485] |