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The shape of the distinctive zygosphene-zygantrum joint of snake vertebrae has been hypothesized to prevent axial torsion (twisting), but its function has never been tested experimentally. We used experimental manipulation of morphology to determine the role of the zygosphene-zygantrum articulation by \u03bcCT-scanning and 3D printing two mid-body vertebrae with unaltered shape and with the zygosphene digitally removed for four species of phylogenetically diverse snakes. We recorded the angular ROM while manipulating the models in yaw (lateral bending), pitch (dorsoventral bending), and roll (axial torsion). Removing the zygosphene typically increased yaw and dorsal pitch ROM. In the normal vertebrae, roll was &amp;lt;2.5 deg for all combinations of pitch and yaw. Roll increased in altered vertebrae but only for combinations of high yaw and ventral pitch that were near or beyond the limits of normal vertebra ROM. In the prairie rattlesnake and brown tree snake, roll in the altered vertebrae were always limited by bony processes other than the zygosphene, whereas in the altered vertebrae of the corn snake and boa constrictor roll ROM was unconstrained when the pre- and post-zygapophyses no longer overlapped. The zygosphene acts as a bony limit for yaw and dorsal pitch, indirectly preventing roll by precluding most pitch and yaw combinations where roll could occur and potentially allowing greater forces to be applied across the vertebral column than would be possible with only soft-tissue constraints.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1242\/jeb.216531","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,3]],"date-time":"2020-03-03T18:29:52Z","timestamp":1583260192000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["Experimental modification of morphology reveals the effects of the zygosphene-zygantrum joint on the range of motion of snake vertebrae"],"prefix":"10.1242","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1213-9862","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Derek J.","family":"Jurestovsky","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology, University of Akron, 302 E. 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