Hyoid is a part of skull bones. Hyoid is a horse shoe shaped bone which supports tongue and provides insertion to some tongue muscle.
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Abhishek Bachhan is about 6 feet 1 inch tall where as Aamir Khan is only 5 feet 5 inches tall. Which among the following is the most likely reason for this difference?
1 Abhishek has more vertebrae
2 Aamir has fewer vertebrae
3 Abhishek has larger vertebrae
4 Aamir lacks intervertebral discs
Explanation:
Humans have 26 bones in the vertebral column (C7T12L5S1Co1). Longer people do not have more vertebrae but longer vertebrae. In fact, even a giraffe's long neck also contains only seven cervical vertebrae
Hyoid is a part of skull bones. Hyoid is a horse shoe shaped bone which supports tongue and provides insertion to some tongue muscle.
BIOXI20: LOCOMOTION AND MOVEMENT
340319
Abhishek Bachhan is about 6 feet 1 inch tall where as Aamir Khan is only 5 feet 5 inches tall. Which among the following is the most likely reason for this difference?
1 Abhishek has more vertebrae
2 Aamir has fewer vertebrae
3 Abhishek has larger vertebrae
4 Aamir lacks intervertebral discs
Explanation:
Humans have 26 bones in the vertebral column (C7T12L5S1Co1). Longer people do not have more vertebrae but longer vertebrae. In fact, even a giraffe's long neck also contains only seven cervical vertebrae
