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Why is important to have cartilage in between the bones in your-spine?
so your back can be flexile
Is your hair made of cartilage?
No, cartilage is like what the tip of your nose is composed of. It is also between the bones of your spine.
How do you spell disk in the medical sense?
If you mean as in the cartilage between the bones in the spine - it's 'disc'
What has a spine but without bones?
Answer to the riddle: A book. Geographic answer: A mountain Range. Science answer: Sharks. (Instead of bones, sharks have a spine and cartilage)
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.
Why are there discs of cartilage between the bones in the vertebral column?
The reason there are discs of cartilage between the bones in the vertebral column is because it is to cushion the vertebrae from grinding against each other, which is what happens when arthritis/age sets in, causing the discs of cartilage to erode and letting the vertebrae grind against each other/crush the spinal cord, causing pain and/or paralysis
What characteristic is common to all?
invertebrates don't have a spine, and lack most bones. They are mainly made of cartilage.
What vertebrates lacks a bony spine?
One vertebrate that lacks a bony spine is the shark. Many different types of shark have cartilage instead of bones.
What are the small bones of the spine?
The spine, also known as the vertebral column or spinal column, is a column of 26 bones in an adult body – 24 separate vertebrae interspaced with cartilage, and then additionally the sacrum and coccyx.
How does your spine prevent bones from breaking while you walk?
your spine has controls the pressure between your bones so it doesnt't smash up together and also your muscles help by filling in the space between the bones.
What is the fibrous elastic tissue that lies between each of the bones of the spine?
Intervertebral discs are the fibrous, elastic tissue that lie between each of the bones in the spine. They function as shock absorbers.
What is a natural way to get shorter?
when you get older, the cartilage in between your spine slowly goes away and you become shorter.
