Question

Describe different types of vertebrae found in the vertebral column of the rabbit.

Answer 1

The vertebral column of a rabbit can be divided into distinct regions with types of vertebrae very characteristic of their particular region. In the neck are seven cervical vertebrae, in the thorax, twelve or sometime thirteen thoracic vertebrae, in the loin, seven lumbar, in the hip, usually on e sacral, though three caudal may be fused with it, and finally, in the tail there are about fifteencaudal vertebrae. The vertebrae are entirely bony and their centra have flat, smooth, articulating surfaces separated by fibrousintervertebral discs. At the centre of each disc is a small soft jelly-like region called the nucleus pulposus. It is the sole remnant of the notochord in the adult.

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Answer 2

Answer:

• In neck seven cervical
• In thorax twelve thoracic
• In loin seven lumbar
• In hip one sacral , though three caudal may be fused with it
• In tail fifteen caudal vertebrae .

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