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Notochord<br />

• The notochord is a longitudinal, flexible<br />

rod between the digestive tube and nerve<br />

cord<br />

• It provides skeletal support throughout<br />

most of the length of a chordate<br />

• In most <strong>vertebrates</strong>, a more complex,<br />

jointed skeleton develops, and the adult<br />

retains only remnants of the embryonic<br />

notochord

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