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What Are the Various Parts of a Typical Vertebra? - Biology

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What are the various parts of a typical vertebra?

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A typical vertebra has a main body or centrum and a neural canal in the centre of the neural arch, arising from the sides of the centrum. Neural spine is a flat, longitudinal projection. There are side projections called transverse processes. The articular facets help in j oining the two adj a cent vertebrae.

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Chapter 17: The Skeletal System - Exercise [Page 162]

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Frank Biology [English] Class 9 ICSE
Chapter 17 The Skeletal System
Exercise | Q 7 | Page 162
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