Preferred Label : vertebral element;
Uberon definition : Skeletal element that forms around the notochord and is part of the vertebral column.;
Uberon synonym : vertebra element;
Uberon narrow term : vertebra endochondral element; vertebral endochondral element;
Uberon broad term : vertebra skeletal element;
Uberon Homology note : In contrast to lampreys and jawed vertebrates, hagfishes were thought to lack vertebrae.
Now, long overlooked vertebral rudiments have been analysed in hagfish, suggesting
that vertebrae existed in the last common ancestor of all vertebrates.[well established][VHOG];
Uberon Taxon note : Typically an endochondral element, in salamanders there is an argument that vertebral
development is perichondral and not preformed in cartilage;
Origin ID : 0010913;
develops from
- has part
- part of
Skeletal element that forms around the notochord and is part of the vertebral column.
