| COCCYX | Terminal bone of the vertebral column |
| SACRAL | Of the base of the vertebral column |
| SPINABIFIDA | Congenital defect in the development of the vertebral column (5,6) |
| TAILBONE | Lowermost segment of the vertebral column, known by the technical name coccyx (8) |
| THORACIC | ___ spine (central section of the vertebral column) |
| UROSTYLE | Unsegmented posterior section of the vertebral column in certain fish and amphibians, especially frogs and toads (8) |
| SPINE | From the Latin meaning "thorn, prickle, backbone", the bound edge of a book; or, the vertebral column (5) |
| BACK | Dorsal part of the human body containing the vertebral column (4) |
| FRONT | Book part facing outward when shelved; or, the vertebral column with a thoracic region formed of bones conventionally numbered T1-T12 (5) |
| SPINAL | Relating to the vertebral column |
| SPINALCANAL | Cavity running up the vertebral column (6,5) |
| RACHIS | An axis or shaft of a feather; or, the spine or vertebral column (6) |
| CHINE | From "pin, thorn", word for a beast's vertebral column; a cut/chop of this for cooking; otherwise, an angle in a ship's hull, a crest of land, a deep Dorset ravine, a mountain ridge, a projecting rim |
| HAGFISH | The only known living animal that has a skull but no vertebral column, what is also known as a slime eel? (7) |
| BACKBONE | Vertebral column |
| SACRA | Vertebral column parts |
| DISCS | Vertebral column parts |
| RIBCAGE | It's attached to vertebral column and sternum (3,4) |
| BACKBONES | Sponsor skeletal parts of vertebral columns |
| TAILBONES | Ends of vertebral columns |
