"Vertebral bodies" refer to the individual bones of the spine that are stacked upon each other to form the backbone or vertebral column. Full definition
A Dosimetric Evaluation of the Eclipse and Pinnacle Treatment Planning Systems in Treatment of Vertebral Bodies Using IMRT and VMAT with Modeled and Commissioned Flattening Filter Free Fields (utoledo.edu)
Some dogs (the minority) will have some noticeable instability between vertebral bodies and will require stabilization and fusion of the affected disc space. (vavetspecialists.com)
Typical radiographic findings include collapse of the affected disc space, lysis of the adjacent vertebral endplates, and bony proliferation of adjacent vertebral bodies -LRB- (todaysveterinarynurse.com)