vertebrae
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Apart from the jaws and teeth, shark skeletons are mostly cartilage, so vertebrae are rare and important.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
That tower is extraordinary, with its deep-set curved windows arrayed like a supple column of vertebrae.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The vertebrae line up to create a series of ball-and-socket joints running from head to tail.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
On a recent afternoon, volunteers bustled around the museum wheeling carts of jaws and vertebrae carefully organized by species.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
I managed to gaff some of the shark’s remains, but to my disappointment the vertebrae of sharks do not hold fluid.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
