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Both..The skull is basically bone.
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Do frogs have a skeleton made of hard bone or cartilage?
Amphibians are vertebrates, meaning they have a backbone. The skeletal system is mostly made up of bone, but also contains some smaller portions of cartilage. Not all vertebrates have bone skeletons, Chondrichthyes (sharks, rays etc.) have skeletons made up entirely of cartilage. Amphibians however do not.
What is the skeleton of a jaw less fish made of?
Yes, jawless fish have skeletons, but their skeletons are not made up of bone. Instead, their skeletons are cartilaginous, meaning their skeletons are made up of cartilage.
How many bones in a dogfish shark?
Sharks are cartilaginous fish. The term "cartilaginous fish" means that the structure of the animal's body is formed of cartilage, instead of bone. A shark does not have one bone in it's body. It's skeleton is made up of cartilage. Cartilage is a tough material, like the material that shaped your ear.
Do bulls have a bone in their penis?
No. A bull's penis is made mainly of cartilage and epidermal tissue.
What is a shark's skeleton called?
A shark's skeleton is made up of cartilage.
What do craniates have that earlier chordates did not have?
A skull made of either hard bone or cartilage
How is a human skeleton the same as a snake skeleton?
Both humans and snakes have an exoskeleton made of bone and some cartilage. Both poses a skull, a jaw, vertebrae, and ribs. Some snakes also have a vestigial pelvis.
Does you nose grow when your dead?
The nose bone doesn't go anywhere when you die (I assume you mean after decomposition). The base of the nose is part of your skull and made of bone, but the bottom half, the tip, is made of cartilage. Cartilage will decompose as it is a tissue, not bone.
Why don't you have a nose bone?
A nose is made up manly of cartilage which can bend unlike bone. Your ears are made up of cartilage. Your nose does have a bone in it but it is located at the top of the bridge of the nose close to the skull.
Why aren't the ears or the nose on the skull?
Because the skull is made of bone/calcium while the ears and nose are made of cartilage. It takes longer for bones to degrade and turn into dust. With the nose and ears, there are no bones involved so degradation occurs in a more rapid timeline.
What is a newborn babys skeleton made of?
Bones that have not been connected and the skull is made out of cartilage.
Is your ear bone or cartilage?
The human ear (the bit that sticks out of the side of your head) is made of cartilage. However, inside the ear (in the middle hear behind the eardrum) there are 3 bones (the stirrup, the hammer and the anvil) made of bone.
What are most of babys skeleton made up of?
Most of ab baby's bones are made up of cartilage that eventually hardens into bone
Are ears made of pure bone?
they are made of cartilage.
What is the cartiliage?
cartilage is not bone it is the skeleton of a shark the shark's body's skeleton is made of cartilage the top of your ear is made of cartilage
What are the skeletons of vertebrates made of?
cartilage or bone
Is spongy bone filled with cartilage?
No. It is made up of bone marrow.
