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No. There are no intervertebral discs in the Sacrum. The Sacrum is a fusion between 5 vertebrae and this the same with the Coccyx (fusion of 3). The final intervertebral disc is between L5 and the superior surface of the Sacrum.
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What regions of the vertebral column do not contain intervertebral discs?
intervertebral discs are not found in the sacrum and coccyx, where the vertebrae have fused, or between the first and second cervical vertebrae.
What is the part of the vertebral column that articulates with the ilium?
Sacrum
How many backbones does a human have?
In human anatomy, the vertebral column (backbone or spine) is a column of 24 vertebrae, the sacrum, intervertebral discs, and the coccyx situated in the dorsal aspect of the torso, separated by spinal discs. It houses the spinal cord in its spinal canal.
What vertebral column forms a joint with the hip bone?
sacrum
There are no intervertebral discs between these two bones?
sacrum
What kind of tissue makes up the vertebral discs?
Discs are made of fibrocartilage.
In-vertebral discs are made of?
fibro cartilage
What is between vertebral bodies?
Intervertebral discs
Two factors that permit flexability of the vertebral column?
The presence of the discs and the S-shaped or springlike construction of the vertebral column prevent shock to the head in walking and running and provide flexibility to the body trunk.
Which two bones of the vertebral column are made of multiple bones fused together?
Sacrum, and Coccyx
What part of the vertebral column acts as a shock absorber?
Intervertebral discs
What is a spinal end plate?
Vertebral end plates are the top and bottom portions of the vertebral bodies that interface with the vertebral discs. The vertebral end plate is composed of a layer of thickened cancellous (spongy) bone.
