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• n  one of the bony segments of the spinal column

• What's more, the vertebrae in Tut's neck were fused a sign of a musculoskeletal malformation called Klippel-Feil syndrome.
• But in 1973 he was eclipsed by French Superstar Jean-Claude Killy; in the final race that year, Sabich split several vertebrae in a brutal fall at Aspen.
• Chiropractors differ widely in their methods of treatment, some attempting to adjust only one specific vertebra at the top of the spine, others concentrating on a lower vertebra .

News & Articles

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• Use of deadly force raises questions
  A bullet fired from a state trooper's gun sits just to the right of Keith Schueller's spine. Too close for surgeons to safely remove, the 40-caliber bullet chipped off fragments of a vertebra in Schueller's lower back. A police press release on the Feb. 19 police shooting says Schueller tried to evade police – first leading them on a car chase that ended when Schueller struck another car and ...
  June 14, 2013 - Cape Gazette
• Steve Johnson injury actually fractured vertebra
  Steve Johnson injury actually fractured vertebra
  June 13, 2013 - CBS Sports
• Steve Johnson: Elaborates on Back Issue
  Update: Johnson told The Buffalo News on Thursday that he fractured his L-5 vertebra in March while filming a workout session for the team's website.
  June 13, 2013 - Rotowire.com via Yahoo! Sports

Quotes

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• Tom Coughlin in National Post
  There's nothing (with the) bone, no vertebra or anything like that,Coughlin said. "He's very sore, a little stiff today, so the reason all the tests were made is he continued to have the stiff neck and issues along those lines. We thought...
• Erik Cole in Canada.com
  The other fracture on the outside, we weren't paying any attention until it started fusing to the C4,Cole said. "It wasn't something that they didn't want to happen. It actually helps to strengthen the C5 vertebra."
• Anna Meares in sportal.com.au
  For all I care that silver medal can be gold,a tearful Meares said immediately after the final. "Falling seven months out from the Olympic Games and fracturing a C2 vertebra - pretty much all your Olympic dreams go out the window at that...