There are two subclasses of cartilaginous fish. Elasmobranchii and holocephali. The subclass elasmobranchii encompasses sharks. The subclass holocephali encompasses rays and skates.
Sharks, skates, and stingrays.
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.
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No, shark dorsal fins are not made of bone. They are made of cartilage, a flexible and lightweight tissue that makes up the skeleton of sharks. This composition allows their dorsal fins to be both strong and flexible for swimming efficiently.
An invertebrate is an animal that does not have a backbone or spinal column. They make up the vast majority of animal species on Earth and can include creatures like insects, worms, jellyfish, and mollusks.
A shark's skeleton is made up of cartilage.
sharks.
No, the backbone is made up of a series of bones called vertebrae, with cartilage discs in between. Tendons are tough, fibrous tissues that connect muscles to bones and help to facilitate movement, but they are not part of the backbone itself.
Sting rays don't have a back bone. They have cartilage there.
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.
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Approximately 5% of the animal kingdom is made up of vertebrates, which includes animals with a backbone such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. The majority of animals are invertebrates, which do not have a backbone.
Cartilage, mostly.
Sharks are vertebrates (they belong to the phylum Cordata), so they have a spinal chord. However they are also cartilaginous fishes (they belong the the class Chondrichthyes) meaning that their skeleton is made of cartilage instead of bone. They do have a cartilage sheath that surrounds their spinal chord which could be considered a spine. There could be a semantic debate over whether that constitutes a spine, but I for one think it does.
No, shark dorsal fins are not made of bone. They are made of cartilage, a flexible and lightweight tissue that makes up the skeleton of sharks. This composition allows their dorsal fins to be both strong and flexible for swimming efficiently.
Yes. A shark does carry around cartilage. Shark cartilage is a dietary powder made from the dried cartilage of a living being fully grown shark of any kind. :)
The backbone helps animals do many things, it helps the animal to move and bend. It also helps keep the animal up on its feet.
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