Definition of Intercentra. Meaning of Intercentra. Synonyms of Intercentra

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Definition of Intercentra

Intercentra
Intercentrum In`ter*cen"trum, n.; pl. Intercentra. (Anat.) The median of the three elements composing the centra of the vertebr[ae] in some fossil batrachians.

Meaning of Intercentra from wikipedia

- segments are equal in size. Most other tetrapods have pleurocentra and intercentra which are drastically different in size and shape. Embolomeres were among...
- had lost their pleurocentra, and the intercentra made up the entire body of the vertebrae. Embolerimi had intercentra and pleurocentra that were of equal...
- holospondylous, having only a single ossification per segment. They lacked intercentra, even in the tail, and had are no free haemal arches. The neural arch...
- hesitated from designating Proterogyrinus as a true embolomere, because its intercentra (the forward portion of each vertebra) were smaller than its pleurocentra...
- containing a remnant of the notochord. Reptiles often retain the primitive intercentra, which are present as small crescent-shaped bony elements lying between...
- ("primitive") features relative to the rest of the group. These include large intercentra (wedge-like components of the vertebrae), folded enamel, and a large...
- stereospondyls, it had weak simplified vertebrae, consisting of large intercentra and neural arches, which is known as the stereospondylous condition....
- defined by the structure of the vertebrae, having large semi-circular intercentra below the notochord and smaller paired though prominent pleurocentra...
- it is more solid and sharply outlined. According to Sulej (2007), the intercentra of cervical and thoracic vertebra are fully ossified. The pleurocentra...
- temnospondyls have large intercentra and small pleurocentra, Caerorhachis and anthracosaurs have larger pleurocentra than intercentra. A 2003 phylogenetic...