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Is a backbone a intervertebral disk?
No. "Backbone" is a common name for the spinal/vertebral column. Intervertebral disks are the the pieces of cartilage found between the individual vertebral bones in the column/backbone.
What part of the vertebral column acts as a shock absorber?
Intervertebral discs
What allows flexibility in vertebral column?
The S shaped curve of the structure and the intervertebral discs!
How do spinal nerves exit the vertebral column?
Spinal nerves exit the vertebral column through small openings called intervertebral foramina located between adjacent vertebrae.
What provides the flexability to the vertebral column?
There are cartilaginous joints between the vertebrae composed of the intervertebral disc
What are some afflictions of the vertebral column?
Some afflictions of the vertebral column are scoliosis, lordosis, and kyphosis. These all deal with a curvatures in different regions of the vertebral column.
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.
What is the main difference between the vertebral foramen and the intervertebral foramen in the spinal column?
The main difference between the vertebral foramen and the intervertebral foramen in the spinal column is that the vertebral foramen is a single opening within each vertebra that allows the spinal cord to pass through, while the intervertebral foramen are openings located between adjacent vertebrae that allow spinal nerves to exit the spinal cord and travel to the rest of the body.
What provides a passageway for spinal nerves to exit the vertebral column and travel to other parts of the body?
intervertebral foramina
Is a backbone an intervertebral disk?
No. "Backbone" is a common name for the spinal/vertebral column. Intervertebral disks are the the pieces of cartilage found between the individual vertebral bones in the column/backbone.
What is pertaining to backbone?
Intervertebral
What is saddle back?
Lordosis an anteriorly convex curvature of the vertebral column; the normal lordoses of the cervical and lumbar regions are secondary curvatures of the vertebral column, acquired postnatally
