The individual units resemble vertebrae in the human spine.

每个单独的单位类似于人类脊椎的椎骨。

Joints, muscles and ligaments that are attached to the bones hold it all together.

附着于脊椎骨的关节、肌肉和韧带，把它包覆在一起的。

And that starts with the little chevron bones that are underneath the tail vertebra.

这要从尾椎骨下方的小 V 形骨开始。

Giraffe vertebrae can each be over 10 inches long.

长颈鹿的椎骨以超 10 英寸长。

The joint between the vertebrae and the spine is an example of a first-class lever.

椎骨和脊柱之间的关节是一级杠杆的一个例子。

It was likely killed by a severe break of its backbone.

它能是死于脊椎骨的严重断裂。

Each back bone, or vertebra, weighs more than 100 kilograms.

每根脊椎骨的重量都超100。

It can also injure the vertebra in your back, but it can be prevented and corrected.

它也会损伤你背部的椎骨，但它是以预防和纠正的。

They determined that bands form in the shark vertebrae every year, like a tree's growth rings.

他们确定，每年鲨鱼的椎骨都会形成条纹，就像树木的年轮一样。

Theirs are just much, much bigger!

只是它们的椎骨比较长！

The spinal column is made of individual bones, called vertebrae.

脊柱是由许多单独的椎骨组成的。

So you might even lift your tail and just snuggle your lower back into the mat.

所以你甚至以抬起你的尾椎骨，把你的下背部依偎在垫子上。

Even with the same number of vertebrae though, a giraffe's neck is way more flexible than a human's.

即使拥有同样数量的椎骨，长颈鹿的脖子也比人类的灵活得多。

So you start from the very tip of the snout all the way down to the penny-sized vertebrae.

你以从最前面的鼻尖一直往下到硬币大小的椎骨。

Here is the skull of a giant sloth and vertebrae and bones from giant saber-toothed cats and dire wolfs.

这是一个巨大的树懒的头骨，巨大剑齿虎的椎骨和惧狼的骨头。

He puts on his ceremonial garb: red face paint, earrings, and a necklace of shark's teeth and vertebrae.

把脸涂上红色，并戴上耳环，还有鲨鱼牙齿和脊椎骨做成的项链。

The vertebrae that attaches a giraffe's neck to its back also has a ball-and-socket joint, unlike a human.

与人类不同，长颈鹿脖子和背部相连的椎骨也有球窝关节。

And if you have that, then your blocks, your vertebrae, get to stack easily, and the muscles get to relax.

如果你觉得尾巴在后面，那么你就固定了，你的椎骨以自然地卡在那里，你的肌肉会放松。

The vertebrae in a giraffe's neck connect by ball-and-socket joints like the ones that connect your arms to your shoulders.

长颈鹿颈部的椎骨通球窝关节连接，就像连接手臂和肩膀的关节一样。

It damaged two vertebrae in her backbone, leaving her unable to walk.

它损坏了她脊椎的两块椎骨，使她无法行走。