A cow's vertebrae form the backbone or spine, providing structural support and protecting the spinal cord. They allow for flexibility and movement, enabling the cow to bend and twist its body while walking, grazing, or standing. Additionally, the vertebrae play a crucial role in maintaining the overall posture and balance of the animal.
The lower lumbar vertebrae are the most stress bearing vertebrae.
A typical horse has around 54 to 60 vertebrae in its spine. This includes 7 cervical vertebrae (neck), 18 thoracic vertebrae (chest), 6 lumbar vertebrae (lower back), 5 sacral vertebrae (pelvis), and 16-18 coccygeal vertebrae (tail). The exact number can vary slightly among individual horses.
Assuming you mean vertebrae; The human spine is made up of 33 vertebrae (Sungular: vertebra.) There are four sections of vertebrae. The cervical vertebrae is is made up of 7 vertebrae and makes up the neck. The thoracic vertebrae makes up the upper back and contains 12 vertebrae. the lumbar vertebrae area makes up the lower back between the thoracic vetrtabrae and the sacral curve, made up of 5 vertebrae. Lastly, The tailbone area is below the lumbar section and called the sacral curve. 5 vertebrae make up the sacrum and 4 are fused to make the tailbone. All vertebrae but the sacral curve section are separated by invertebral discs.
No, all of the vertebrae in the spine have names. In addition to the first two vertebrae (C1 and C2), the other vertebrae are named based on their location: cervical (C3-C7), thoracic (T1-T12), lumbar (L1-L5), sacral (S1-S5), and coccygeal (Co1-Co4).
One vertebraTwo or more vertebrae(Vertebrae is the more correct but vertebras is still acceptable)
Cows have 13 thoracic and 6 lumbar vertebrae. If you consider the backbone as composed of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar vertebrae, there would be a total of 24 vertebrae.
Cows!
The variation in number is in the tail, where cattle can have between 18 to 20 vertebrae in the caudal region, or the tail. There are also seven cervical (neck) vertebrae, 13 thoracic (rib cage) vertebrae, six lumbar (loin) and five sacral (sirloin) vertebrae.
All mammals (dogs, cats, horses, cows, people) are vertebrates. They all have a spinal column made of bones called vertebra.
yes all mammels have 7 cervical vertebrae,even girraffes
Vertebrae are divided into sections: the atlas and axis account for the first cervical vertebrae, of which there are 7 in total; there are 12 thoracic vertebrae, 7 lumbar vertebrae, 1 sacrum (5 separate vertebrae in a baby), and 1 coccyx (4 separate vertebrae in a baby).
the thoracic spine is above the lumbar spine which means ALL thoracic vertebrae are superior to the lumbar vertebrae.
Vertebrates have vertebrae .
The five types of vertebra are the:cervical vertebrae (neck)thoracic vertebrae (chest)lumbar vertebrae (back)sacral (pelvis)coccyx (tailbone)
cervical vertebrae thoracic vertebrae. lumbar vertebrae
Vertebrae.
The vertebrae nearest the abdominal region are the thoracic vertebrae.