vertebral column and pygostyle
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Vertebral Column
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Vertebral Column
• Atlas – First vertebra
• Cervical Vertebrae – 11-25
vertebrae
• Dorsal Vertebrae –
• Synsacrum – sacrum extended by
additional caudal or lumbar
vertebrae
• Caudals -
• Pygostyle – attachment for the tail
feathers
Uncinate processes
• Extensions of
bones in the ribs
that project
caudally from the
vertical segment
of each rib.
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