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  • 18-03-2020
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The backbone is made of many small units of bone or cartilage. what is each unit called?

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olatunbosunadeoke
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  • 18-03-2020

Answer: Osteocytes

Explanation:

The backbone is a major component of the vertebral skeleton. It consists of living bone cells (osteocytes), protein fibres (collagen) and minerals, mainly calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate.

Thus, osteocytes are the small units of backbone

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pkinskid pkinskid
  • 18-03-2020

Answer: The ossicles

Explanation:

The smaller parts of spinal cord bones are called the ossicles. They joined to make up the long spinal cord.

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