One of 12 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; thoracic vertebrae extend from the seventh cervical vertebra down to the first lumbar vertebra.
1 There was fracture of the 4th dorsal vertebra at the transverse processes.
2 A dorsal vertebra of the same embryo, in lateral transverse section.
3 Instead, I fractured the 12th dorsal vertebra , right where the rib cage ends.
4 Such a contrivance would save his feet, check his perspiration, and console his dorsal vertebra .
5 The seventh dorsal vertebra , in every case excepting in one Spanish cock, was anchylosed with the lumbar vertebrae.
6 The sixth dorsal vertebra (human).
7 The parts most esteemed are the tongue, the "hump-ribs" (the long spinous processes of the first dorsal vertebra ) , and the marrow of the shank bones.
8 222, found at Como Bluffs, Wyo., were supplied the right scapula, 10th dorsal vertebra , and right femur and tibia.
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