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  2. Dog anatomy - Wikipedia

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    In 2007, a study identified a gene that was proposed to be responsible for dog size. The study found a regulatory sequence next to the gene Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), which, together with the gene and regulatory sequence, "is a major contributor to body size in all small dogs." Two variants of this gene were found in large dogs ...

  3. Dog - Wikipedia

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    [30] [31] All healthy dogs, regardless of their size and type, have the same amount of bones ... Most dogs naturally have 26 vertebrae in their tails, ...

  4. Congenital vertebral anomaly - Wikipedia

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    Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae consist of the process of the last lumbar vertebra fusing with the first sacral segment. [1] While only around 10 percent of adults have a spinal abnormality due to genetics, a sixth lumbar vertebra is one of the more common abnormalities. [2] Sacralization of the L5 vertebra is seen at the lower right of the ...

  5. Vertebra - Wikipedia

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    Each vertebra (pl.: vertebrae) is an ... In the human vertebral column, the size of the vertebrae varies according to placement in the vertebral column, spinal ...

  6. Dog Born with Rare Condition Has Only Half a Spine - AOL

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  7. Vertebrate - Wikipedia

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    Vertebrates (/ ˈ v ɜːr t ə b r ɪ t s,-ˌ b r eɪ t s /) [3] are animals with a vertebral column (backbone or spine), and a cranium, or skull. The vertebral column surrounds and protects the spinal cord, while the cranium protects the brain. The vertebrates make up the subphylum Vertebrata with some 65,000 species, by far the largest ...

  8. 10 things you likely didn't know about dogs' tails - AOL

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    Here are 10 things you didn't know about dogs' tails. Number 10: They. ... Number 2: The tail is an extension of the spine. It's much more flexible, however, and has its own set of muscles ...

  9. Sacrum - Wikipedia

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    The sacrum (pl.: sacra or sacrums [1]), in human anatomy, is a large, triangular bone at the base of the spine that forms by the fusing of the sacral vertebrae (S1–S5) between ages 18 and 30. [ 2 ] The sacrum situates at the upper, back part of the pelvic cavity , between the two wings of the pelvis .