Wiktionary
n. Any of the seven vertebrae of the neck.
WordNet
n. one of 7 vertebrae in the human spine located in the neck region [syn: neck bone]
Usage examples of "cervical vertebra".
Then she realized that the stereozoom was focused on what appeared to be a cervical vertebra.
Cut marks on the third cervical vertebra suggestive of decapitation by a sharp instrument with a nonserrated blade.
He then severs the head at the sixth cervical vertebra, submerges the skull in a silicone oil bath with dry ice for twenty-four hours.
There was a lot to rule out: possible pelvic fracture, possible hematoma, possible fracture of a cervical vertebra, left arm broken in two places and might need to be pinned.
With his fingertips he finds an especially sore spot just to the left of the third cervical vertebra, and he presses on it until the pain causes faint sprays of twinkly white and gray lights in the blackness behind his eyelids, like distant fireworks in a world without color.