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backbone

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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 703310 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain anatomyraw materials of animal origin - raw materials of vegetable origin
  • on moodustunud reastikku paiknevatest paaritutest selgroolülidest: kaela-, rinna- , nimme-, ristluu- ja sabalülidest
  • the axis of the skeleton situated dorsally in the median plane and supporting the skull superiorly in humans, while inferiorly it ends in the coccyx and is joined to the hip bones at the sacroiliac joints through which the weight of the body is transmitted to the lower limbs
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  • FI: selkäranka [T40215] DE: Wirbelsäule [T40215] FR: colonne vertébrale [T40215]; échine [T40605]
spine preferred
Usage examples
  • 'Halves', for the purposes of subheadings 0207 39 13 ... : halves of poultry carcases, obtained by a longitudinal cut in a plane along the sternum and the backbone
  • Carcases or half carcases of domestic swine, fresh or chilled ... symmetrically divided following the spine
backbone
vertebral column

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