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How many cervical vertebrae do horses have?
Horses have 7 cervical vertebrae. In fact, most mammals have 7 cervical vertebrae, even giraffes, the bigger the animal the bigger the vertebrae. There are a few exceptions: Sloths have 8 or 9 cervical vertebrae while manatees have only six!
What animal has jointed legs gills and no backbone?
The spinal vertebrae of a shark are made of cartilage, not bone, so you could rightly say sharks are vertebrates with no backbone. If the question referes to an animal with absolutely no spine at all, the next most closely-related animal is the lancelet.
Total thoracic vertebrae do animals have?
It depends on the animal. The thoracic vertebrae are those of the "chest" and attach to the ribs. In the dog and cow for instance, there are 12 (same number as the ribs) but there are 18 in the horse (also the same number as the ribs).
How many vertebrae in a dog's spine?
Dogs have a total of thirty vertebrae in their spines. They have seven cervical vertebrae, thirteen thoracic vertebrae, seven lumbar vertebrae and three sacral vertebrae.
What is verterbrate?
A Vertebrate is an animal that has a backbone which consists of ring-like bones, called vertebrae, that protect the soft spinal cord
How many cervical vertebrae do horses have?
Horses have 7 cervical vertebrae. In fact, most mammals have 7 cervical vertebrae, even giraffes, the bigger the animal the bigger the vertebrae. There are a few exceptions: Sloths have 8 or 9 cervical vertebrae while manatees have only six!
What are vertabraes?
any animal that has a backbone is a vertebrae so for example a horse is a vertebrae
Most stress bearing vertebrae?
The lower lumbar vertebrae are the most stress bearing vertebrae.
Is a snakes habitat different from a lizards habitat?
Yes, a rattlesnake is a vertebrae. A vertebrae is an animal with a backbone. The rattlesnake definitely has a backbone. If an animal does not have a backbone it is an invertebrate.
What animal has the most backbones?
Longest as in sheer length, or longest as in number of vertebrae? Many snakes have over 200 individual vertebrae. That would probably go to Blue Whales. They are between 80 and 100 feet long but have far fewer vertebrae.
Where do animals have vertebrae?
If an animal has any vertebrae, they have them between their head and the tip of their tails and they are usually part of a ventral structure. Vertebrae form the spine.
Which area of the spine has the most vertebrae?
The thoracic spine has the most vertebrae - twelve.
How many bones in the animal body that make the spine?
The amount of bones in the spine of vertebrates varies from animal to animal. For example, humans have 33 vertebrae while a Burmese python can have around 450 vertebrae.
What is the fastest animal in the Philippines?
the fastest animal (vertebrae ) in the world is cheetah and sing the chiqiutita
Which vertebrae are the largest?
The Blue Whale is the largest vertebrate animal.
Is a vertebrate a warm blooded animal?
No. An organism with a vertebrae has a backbone.
Do reptiles have vertabres?
Yes, reptile have vertebrae. Snakes have especially distinctive vertebrae as they are the only animal to have a zygosphene and zygantrum, to keep the adjacent vertebrae from twisting. Turtles are also distinctive as most are fused to the carapace.
