What is the purpose for the vertebrae?

Answer 1

The spine has many functions, the main ones are listed below;

• To provide protection of the spinal cord and associated nerves
• To allow for movement
• To support our body frame in an upright position
• To allow for flexibility
• To provide a structural foundation for the shoulder girdle and the pelvic girdles
• To act as shock absorbers from load-bearing
• To provide a structural base for rib attachments which protect the heart and lungs
• To protect organs

Answer 2

The vertebrae protects the spinal chord, plus it provides support to the body as a whole, and it serves as a place in which the pectoral and pelvic girdles as well as many muscles attach. - RN

-KC ;North Carolina, 12

Answer 3

1. To support the weight of the head, peripherals and trunk

2. To provide stability to the general structure of the whole body and maintain its shape and posture

3. To protect the spinal cord

4. To provide shock absorption by way of intervertebral discs and primary and secondary spinal curves

5. To permit and restrict movements by way of intervertebral discs, facets, ligaments and muscle attachments

6. To store some of the bodies minerals, such as calcium

Answer 4

The spinal column provides support for the body as well as holds vital nerves that go all through-out your body. This is why when someone breaks their neck, they either die, or are paralyzed from the neck down. The paralyzation is caused because all of the nerves that go to your body must first come down your neck to your spine and to the rest of your body. If they are cut off at the neck, there is no way for the rest of your body to have feeling. Also, the nerves are what your muscles use for signals from the brain in order to move. This is why when those nerves are broken, a person becomes paralyzed.

Answer 5

To protect the spinal cord as well as to give mobility to your body.

Answer 6

The purpose of the spine is to provide structure to the skeletal system. The spine runs from the neck to the pelvis.

Answer 7

to convey sensory information from the body to the brain for processing and to tyransmit information from the brain to the body.

Answer 8

to keep your back straight and your head elevated

Answer 9

articulation and muscle attachment, and a hole through which the spinal cord passes