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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.
What body part lies inferior to the lumbar vertebrae?
The sacrum and coccyx lie inferior to the lumbar vertebrae in the vertebral column.
In-vertebral discs are made of?
fibro cartilage
What is between vertebral bodies?
Intervertebral discs
To what region of the vertebral column do the hips attach?
The hips attach to the sacrum, which is the region at the base of the vertebral column. This area is also known as the sacroiliac joint where the sacrum connects to the ilium bones of the pelvis.
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
