Spine - Vertebral column; spine

Japanese: 背骨 - せぼね(英語表記)vertebral column; spine
Spine - Vertebral column; spine
Same as the spinal column. One of the internal skeletons of vertebrates, it is the axial skeleton of the body. It consists of many vertebrae that are aligned vertically from the skull. There is intervertebral cartilage between the vertebrae, which allows the body to bend. During development, bone tissue gathers around the notochord, but in cyclostomes, only a few pieces of cartilage form along the notochord. In cartilaginous fish, it remains cartilage throughout life, while in larger animals, it forms ossified vertebrae. The number of vertebrae varies by species. In mammals, the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and caudal vertebrae are further divided, and the appendicular bones are attached to these. The spinal column also protects the spinal cord that runs through its dorsal interior.

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Japanese:
脊柱に同じ。脊椎動物の内骨格の一つで,体の中軸骨格。頭骨に続き縦列する多くの椎骨より成る。椎骨の間に椎間軟骨があり,体を曲げることができる。発生的には脊索を中心にその周囲に造骨組織が集って構成されるが,円口類では脊索に沿ってわずかの軟骨片が生じるのみである。軟骨魚類では終生軟骨のままであり,それ以上の動物では骨化した椎骨を形成する。椎骨の数は種によって異なる。哺乳類ではさらに頸椎,胸椎,腰椎,尾椎の別を生じ,これに外肢骨が結合する。また脊柱にはその背側内部を通る脊髄を保護する働きもある。

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