BIOMETRY OF LUMBAR VERTEBRAE IN TIGER (<i>Panthera tigris</i>)

TIWARI Y.¹*, TALUJA J.S.², VAISH R.³, PANDEY A.⁴, SHRIVASTAV A.B.^5
1Department of Veterinary, Anatomy and Histology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Jabalpur- 482 001, MP, India.
²Department of Veterinary, Anatomy and Histology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Jabalpur- 482 001, MP, India.
³Department of Veterinary, Anatomy and Histology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Jabalpur- 482 001, MP, India.
⁴Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Jabalpur- 482 001, MP, India.
⁵Department of Wildlife Health and Management, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Jabalpur- 482 001, MP, India.
* Corresponding Author : tiwari.yogita@rediffmail.com

Received : 26-07-2012     Accepted : 06-03-2014     Published : 10-03-2014
Volume : 2     Issue : 1       Pages : 24 - 27
World Res J Anat 2.1 (2014):24-27

Keywords : Panthera tigris, intervertebral, lumbar, vertebrae, spine, process.
Conflict of Interest : None declared

The backbone of tiger is very flexible. This is what allows it to have such a wide range of motion. This is always what allows it to leap more than 30 feet at a time when it needs to. Tiger forms the apex of the pyramid of food chain. Tigers killed for many products like fat is valued as an aphrodisiac and as a remedy for rheumatism. Lumbar vertebrae form the skeleton of loins. There were seven lumbar vertebrae in tiger and column was found 31.76±0.05 cm long excluding intervertebral cartilages. The bodies of lumbar vertebrae were longer than thoracic vertebrae. The dorsal spine was prominent and flattened laterally, the free end was tuberous. Each transverse process was a long plate of bone spreading out laterally directed forward and downward.

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