It sits on top of the diaphragm, which is the main muscle that helps with breathing, behind the sternum - or breastbone, in front of the vertebral column, squished in-between two lungs, and is protected by the ribs.

（心脏）在膈肌（帮助呼吸的主要肌肉）上、胸骨后、前、两肺之间，被肋骨包围保护。

The most common type of fracture in osteoporosis is a vertebral compression fracture.

最常见的骨折类型是椎体压缩性骨折。

Right there...in between the vertebral spaces. Don't be shy about pressure.

就在那...椎之间。别怕压力。

Here we can look and see the vertebral column, the last three to five vertebrae that comprise the little funky thing that looks like a cuckoo's beak that's known as the coccyx.

这可以看，最后三五块椎骨，组成了一个看起来像布谷鸟喙的小东西，也就是尾骨。

Dr. Ebersole watched the tip of the skewer safely pass the vertebral artery. " It's sliding pretty easy now, " said Dr. Peterson.

埃伯索尔看着杆子的尖端安全地通过了椎动脉处。皮特森生说，“现在移动它非常轻松”。

As you might guess, your axial bones are found along your body's vertical axis — in your skull, vertebral column, and rib cage.

正如你可能猜的，你的中轴骨沿着你身体的垂直轴——在你的头骨、和胸腔中。

It starts from medulla oblongata and stretches to lumbar region of the spine or vertebral column.

它从延髓开始，延伸或的腰部。

The kidneys are roughly the size of a fist and are retroperitoneal, meaning they sit behind the peritoneal membrane alongside the vertebral column.

肾大概有一只拳头大小，为腹膜外位器官；也就是说它位于腹膜后方、两侧。

The most common type of fractures are vertebral fractures, also known as compression fractures, and it occurs when one or more bones in the spine weaken and shatter.

最常见的骨折类型是椎骨骨折，也被称为压缩性骨折，往往在椎中有一个或多个椎骨变弱或受损时发生。

Compression can also be caused by spinal stenosis which is the narrowing of the vertebral foramen in the lumbar vertebrae.

另外，椎管狭窄也可引起压迫；椎管狭窄，顾名思义，指的是腰椎髓腔的狭窄。

Most important, it had missed both the crucial arteries: the carotid and vertebral.

更重要的是，它没有刺两个重要的动脉：颈动脉和椎动脉。

The axial structure includes all 80 midline bones that form your skull, vertebral column, and thoracic cage.

轴向结构包括构成头骨、和胸廓的所有 80 块中线骨。

Alright, so in the healthy adult, the vertebral column is made up of 33 bones.

在健康人中，由33块骨组成。

The 33 irregular bones in your vertebral column start with your atlas vertebra — the one that holds up your skull, and is named for the Greek god Atlas, who held the world on his shoulders as a punishment.

在你的椎有 33 块不规则的骨头，从你的颈椎骨开始——支撑你头骨的那块，以希腊神阿特拉斯命名（阿特拉斯把世界扛在肩上作为惩罚）。

Each vertebra is made of a large anterior portion called the body, and the posterior part called the vertebral arch.

每块椎骨都是由两部分组成：前面宽大的部分叫做椎体，后面突出的部分叫做椎弓。

But the skewer was now so close to the vertebral artery that it was bending it.

但是尖杆离椎动脉太近了，使它产生了弯曲。

Between each of the vertebral bodies is an intervertebral disc which is made of type I and type II collagen and has two parts, the annulus fibrosis, an outer fibrous ring, and the nucleus pulposus, an inner jelly-like substance.

在椎体之间的是由Ⅰ型和Ⅱ型胶原构成的椎间盘，它由两部分组成：外层的环形纤维结构称为纤维环，而内层的胶状物质称为髓核。

This constitutes a defect or absence of the vertebral arches, due to failure of mesoderm to organize over the region of the defect, and it may or may not involve the underlying meninges and neural tissue.

这导致了椎弓的畸形或缺失，这是由于中胚层不能在缺陷区域处生长；椎弓的缺失可能影响其下的脑膜和神经组织。

The central cavity between the body and the arch is called the vertebral foramen.

椎体与椎弓之间的中央空腔称为椎孔。

So ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the vertebral joints and makes the spine really stiff, but can also cause inflammation in other parts of the body like the eyes and blood vessels.

因此，强直性炎是一种累及关节并使变得僵直的慢性炎症性疾病；它也会累及身体其他部位，如眼部和血管。