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What will happen if the vertebral column was made of only one bone?
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∙ 15y ago
People would not be able to bend or twist at the waist. Plus, each vertebrae acts as its own little stretching tool, and they all work together so that you can be more flexible. With just one bone, you would always be completely straight up.
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Do lamprey have vertebral column?
They do have segmented vertebrae but it is not made of bone. So, yes, they do have avertebralcolumn.
How do vertebral columns of man and pig differ?
The vertebral column is composed of 51-56 bone, and the man has only 33 bones.
What is your spine made of?
The vertebral column,also called spinal column, spine, or backbone, in vertebrate animals is the flexible column extending from neck to tail, made of a series of bones, the vertebrae. Also ligaments which hold bones to bones are present. Vertebral disks made of fibrocartilage are found between the vertebral bones.
Do bony fish have a vertebral column and bony skeleton?
yes. bony fish (class osteichthyes) have a vertebral column and a bony skeleton. cartilaginous fish (class chondrichthyes) have a vertebral column as well but their skeleton is made up of cartilage.
Which two bones of the vertebral column are made of multiple bones fused together?
Sacrum, and Coccyx
Do reptiles have a back bone made of cartilage?
No. Reptiles are vertebrates, and therefore have a spinal column made of bone.
What structures permits flexibility of the vertebral column?
Mostly the fact that it's made up of many separate bones.
How can you tell what is a vertibrate?
Look to see if the animal has a backbone. All vertebrates have a vertebral column made of vertebrae - a backbone!
Major components of axial skeleton?
The Axial Skeleton is composed of five parts 1) the human skull 2) the ossicles of the middle ear 3) the hyoid bone of the throat 4) the rib cage 5) the vertebral column.
Bones in your spines are called?
The spine is made up of the verteral column (the boney part) and the spinal chord(the nervous part). The vertebral column is made up of 33 individual bones called vertebrae.
How does the spine protect the nerve chord?
The nerve cord is extremely delicate and can be damaged easily. To protect the nerve cord, it is enclosed in the vertebral column. The vertebral column is made up of vertebrae which are of distinct types but have a common feature of a central lumen through which the nerve cord passes.
Is the shark an invertebrate?
All fish, including elasmobranches (sharks, skates and Rays) are vertebrates. The thing is, their skeletons are made of cartiladge, not bone. The hardest part of the cartiladge is the vertebral column, which is made of calcified cartiladge.
