The backbone is made of tiny bones, called vertebrae, that make up one large backbone, or vertebral column.
Sugar and phosphate are the parts that make up the DNA backbone.
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Vertebrae
The backbone is also known as the spinal column or spine, and the individual bones that make up the backbone are called vertebrae.
No, the bones that make up your backbone are called vertebrae. Tarsals are a group of bones in the foot that make up the ankle joint.
An invertebrate has no backbone. This differentiates them from vertebrates, which do have a backbone or spinal column. Invertebrates make up the vast majority of animal species on Earth.
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Deoxyribose sugars and phosphates make up the backbone of DNA.
The two components that make up the nucleotide backbone are the sugar molecule, which is either ribose in RNA or deoxyribose in DNA, and the phosphate group. Together, they form the repeating structure that provides the backbone for the nucleic acid strand.