Caudal vertebrae
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Caudal vertebrae are the bones that make up the tails of tailed animals.[1] They range in number from a few to 50, depending on the length of the tail of the animal in question; humans have 3 to 5 fused into a coccyx.[2]
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- ^ Kardong, Kenneth V. (2002). Vertebrates: comparative anatomy, function, evolution. McGraw-Hill. pp. 287–288. ISBN 0-07-290956-0.
- ^ Hyman, Libbie (1922). Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 125.
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