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.
Yes. Being a vertebrate in the animal kingdom, all chordates have a "hollow dorsal nerve chord'' aka vertebral column or spine or backbone.
it protects a hollow nerve chord
Inside the spine.
It is inside the spine for protection.
You can find nerve tissue mostly in your spinal cord. Your spine protects your spinal cord. An other word for the spine is vertebral column.
nerve chord
Chordata
Along your spine and head.
Along your spine and head.
It runs along the dorsal side of the body.
Brain, Nerves, Spinal Chord
Axillary nerve C5 and C6, a branch of the posterior chord of the brachial plexus