Compare the degrees of movement of vertebral column and a joint in relation to their structure?
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| Vertebral column is made up of many pieces of vertebrae. | 1 |
| Intervertebral discs lie between adjacent vertebrae in the spine. Each disc forms a cartilaginous joint to | 1 |
| allow slight movement of the vertebrae, and acts as a ligament to hold the vertebrae together. | 1 |
| A joint is a junction where two or more bones meet together. | 1 |
| At the joint, the bones are held together by tough sheets of elastic fibres called ligaments. | 1 |
| As they are elastic, the bones can moved with a larger degree of movement in a controlled way at the joint. | 1 |
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