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What is the largest and unfused vertebrae?
The largest unfused vertebrae is your Lumbar, located in your lower back.
Why are the five lumbar vertebrae of the 33 spinal vertebrae the largest?
The lumbar vertebrae are the largest because they need to be able to support more weight.
Why is the body of the lumbar vertebrae larger than the cervical vertebrae?
The kidney-shaped body of the lumbar vertebrae are the largest vertebral bodies of any other type of vertebra. They are larger because, being lower down along the spine, they need to be able to support greater weight.
Which vertebrae are the largest?
The Blue Whale is the largest vertebrate animal.
Where is a vertebra located in the human body?
That would be the sacral bone or sacrum, composed of 5 vertebrae fused together. However, if you are looking for non-fused, individual vertebrae, then the lower lumbar vertebrae are the largest.the lumbar
What part of the body has vertebrae?
The part of the body that has vertebrae is the spine. The spinal column consists of 33 vertebrae which provides support to the body and protects the spinal cord.
Where are the vertebrae in a human body?
The spine is made up of vertebrae.
What structure is the missing body of the second body of the cervical vertebrae?
The cervical vertebrae do not have ribs attached.
Why are the bodies of the lumbar vertebrae so large?
That is good question! You have the size of the vertebrae getting larger and larger as you go down. The reason for this phenomena is very simple. You have adapted the verticle posture. You have to bear the weight of the body. The cervical vertebrae have to bear the weight of the head only. The lumber vertebrae have to bear the weight of the upper half of the body. so they are largest and strongest.
Where are the vertebrae on the body?
the vertebrae compose the spinal column (ie your back bone).
What part of the vertebral column receives the most stress by bearing most of the weight of the body?
The lumbar vertebrae in the abdoninal region The segment, or group, of vertebrae that bear the most weight in the body is at the lumbosacral joint between lumbar vertebra number five (L5) and the sacrum.
Which part of your body has a vertebrae?
Actually that is good question come to think of it your backbone (spine) is a vertabrae and that is the only vertebrae in your body.
