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Anaconda and Titanoboa vertebrae
A side-by-side comparison of vertebrae belonging to the present-day anaconda (Eunectes;...
Ray Carson/UF Photography
skeletons of humans and gorillas compared
The skeletal structure of a human being (left) and of a gorilla (right). Several...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Nerves and ganglia of the human spinal cord
Diagram of the human spinal cord, vertebrae, and sympathetic trunk (shown on one...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.