vertebra vertebra bone Main component of the vertebral column. It consists of two essential parts, a dorsal neural arch and a ventral centrum.[AAO] uberon CALOHA:TS-2352 EMAPA:32740 XAO:0004019 TAO:0001189 The ossified form of a vertebral element, a skeletal element that forms around the notochord and is part of the vertebral column. SCTID:181817002 MA:0000309 NCIT:C12933 Endochondral bone that forms around the notochord and is part of the vertebral column.[TAO] ZFA:0001189 AAO:0000691 Consider changing name to make distinction from inferred superclass 'vertebral element' clear UBERON:0002412 UMLS:C0549207 vertebrae BTO:0006196 FMA:9914 galen:Vertebra Wikipedia:Vertebra we follow FMA in making this an irregular bone - however vertebra have 'epiphyses' which are currently classified as belonging to long bones EFO:0001371 irregular bone vertebral element