What is the anatomy of the spinal cord? The human spinal cord is a cylindrical structure of nerve tissue that is protected by the spinal column and composed of uniformly organized white and grey ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract X-ray photographs of part of the vertebral column of Eusthenopteron foordi Whiteaves show that each vertebral segment consists of (1) a ...

Our spinal column is different from that of apes because — yes, you guessed that right — we walk upright on two feet. But when did our distinctive back structure first evolve? The skeleton of an early ...

An analysis of a 3.3 million years old fossil skeleton has revealed portions of the human spinal structure that enable efficient walking motions. A 3.3 million years old fossil skeleton, known as ...

One of the riddles of mammal evolution is explained: the conservation of the number of trunk vertebrae. Dutch and American researchers have shown that this conservation is due to the role of speed in ...

MORPHOLOGICAL, measurements 1 have shown that the spinal column of the shrew (Sorex) contracts during the winter and lengthens again in the spring. This lengthening is noticeably greater than the ...

The notion that morphological complexity increases in evolution is widely accepted in biology and paleontology. Several possible explanations have been offered for this trend, among them the ...

How cells shape complex tissues and organs during embryo development, which makes us what we are, has many mysteries. New research from the University of Cincinnati has examined one such process which ...

Type 2 diabetes alters the behavior of discs in the vertebral column, making them stiffer, and also causes the discs to change shape earlier than normal. As a result, the disc's ability to withstand ...