Definition

Examples

• 医生检查了他的脊椎骨，发现没有受伤。
  Yīshēng jiǎnchá le tā de jǐ zhuī gǔ, fāxiàn méiyǒu shòushāng.
  The doctor examined his spine and found no injury.
• 人的脊椎骨由三十多块骨头组成。
  Rén de jǐ zhuī gǔ yóu sānshí duō kuài gǔtou zǔchéng.
  The human spine is made up of more than thirty bones.
• 这只恐龙的脊椎骨化石保存得非常好。
  Zhè zhī kǒnglóng de jǐ zhuī gǔ huàshí bǎocún de fēicháng hǎo.
  The fossilized spine of this dinosaur is very well preserved.