| 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: | ossified |
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| Definition: | A composition quality inhering in an bearer by virtue of the bearer's being hardened by the deposition of calcium into bone. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001448] |