caudal region of vertebral column
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006076
Subdivision of vertebral column that corresponds to the caudal subdivision of the body, containing the caudal vertebrae. [ UBERONREF:0000006 ]
Synonyms: caudal vertebrae series, axial skeleton tail region, caudal skeleton
Term info
- MA:0003158
- AAO:0000082
- EMAPA:18043
Region of the vertebral column posterior to the caudal-sacral region, that may consists of two or three to more than 100 vertebrae. These vertebrae exhibit a gradual reduction in the sizes of their transverse processes and zygapophyses, but these structures are never entirely absent. All caudal vertebrae bear haemal arches.[AAO]
in AAO, this is posterior to the caudal-sacral region
tail region, caudal region, postsacral region
uberon
UBERON:0006076
Term relations
- subdivision of vertebral column
- part of some caudal region
- subdivision of some caudal region
- part of some postcranial axial skeleton