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  • Ligaments around the lower jaw, and between the head and the vertebrae: six figures. Line engraving by A. Bell after J. Weitbrecht, 1798.
  • Fossilized skeleton of a water-dwelling dinosaur, with an outline drawing below, showing the vertebrae at life-size. Lithograph by G. Scharf, 18--.
  • Bones of the skull, vertebrae and sacrum: six figures. Pencil drawing by J.C. Zeller ca. 1833 (?) after G. del Medico, 1811.
  • The skeleton of a friar in the role of Death as the reaper, surrounded by skulls, ribs and vertebrae, in a chapel. Photograph.
  • The sacrum, shown with the second, third and fifth lumbar vertebrae: four figures. Watercolour, pencil and crayon drawing by J.C. Whishaw, 1853.
  • The body of a man seen from behind with the trunk dissected to reveal the vertebrae, ribs and viscera. Coloured lithograph by William Fairland, 1869.
  • An écorché, seen from the front, with proportions marked, and (left) cranium and cervical vertebrae, with proportions of body. Engraving by C. Paroli, after a drawing by Michelangelo, 1760-1770.
  • A nude figure seen from the back with a spinal column of eighteen vertebrae exposed, with the nerves that radiate from it visible. Process print, 1926, after a manuscript illustration, 1345.
  • Complete skeleton of a flamingo (Phoenicopteridae). Flamingos are tall wading birds with long, delicate legs and downturned bills. They also have long, curved necks which are made up of multiple vertebrae as seen here. The flamingo is 62 cm from ground to shoulder.
  • Fracture dislocation, dorsal vertebra
  • Fracture dislocation, dorsal vertebra
  • Caudal vertebra No. 17-21 of Diplodocus Longus
  • Unusually large cervical ribs on the seventh cervical vertebra
  • Diseased vertebra of Smilodon from the Pleistocene deposits of California
  • Single human T8 vertebra from infant at term, micro-CT
  • Dorsal vertebra of platecarpus, a cretaceous. Mosasaur from the Niobrara Chalk of Kansas etc.
  • Softening of the spinal cord as the result of a fracture of the cervical vertebra
  • Softening of the spinal cord as the result of a fracture of the cervical vertebra
  • Papanicolaou stained smear of a C2 vertebral chordomal mass, microscopy. Chordomas are cancers formed of cells which resemble those of the notochord (spine) of a developing foetus. Although they can present anywhere within the spine and skull, the majority grow in the sacral region of the spine, corresponding to the lower back. This image shows a Papanicolaou (pap) stained smear obtained from a needle biopsy of a chordoma of the C2 vertebrae, located at the top of the neck just underneath the base of the skull.
  • T. Bartholin, vertebras aliquot os sacrum.
  • Skeleton of a megatherium, with details showing a vertebra, and sections of the teeth. Line engraving, 1830/1870?.
  • Horizontal dissection of the diaphragm, at the level of the 10th dorsal vertebra. Lithograph by N.H Jacob, 1831/1854.
  • Dissection of the trunk: back view, showing the bones and muscles, with a detail of a vertebra. Ink and watercolour with laminated flaps, 18--.
  • Vertebral column: two figures showing front and side views. Line engraving by A. Bell after J.-J. Sue, 1798.
  • Vertebral column: two figures showing front and side views. Line engraving by A. Bell after J.-J. Sue, 1798.
  • Muscles of the back and abdomen. Engraving, 1686, after Gérard de Lairesse, 1685.
  • Spinal cord, feline
  • Mouse embryo
  • Mouse embryo
  • Spinal cord (ventral view), feline