He also described protrusions of the intervertebral disc into the vertebral body.
If a painful destruction of a vertebral body occurred.
They emerge from the foramina on the posterior surfaces of the vertebral bodies.
The specimen had a small vertebral body and large hollows, now known to be typical of rebbachisaurids.
The shape of the vertebral body does, however, vary somewhat between different groups.
It generally appears as a triangular margin at the anterior superior of the vertebral body.
There will be sclrotic margins on the fragment and of the adjacent vertebral body.
These cells meet the sclerotome cells from the other side to form the vertebral body.
It can be used to aid in the fusion of vertebral bodies to prevent neurologic trauma.
As the sclerotome develops, it condenses further eventually developing into the vertebral body.