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There are seven cervical (C1-C7) vertebrae. The top two are unique in form and number three through seven are similar in morphology. The uppermost is the atlas (C1) which supports the skull, and the next is the axis (C2), where much if the rotation takes place. The body of the atlas is the odontoid process of the axis (c2), and the atlas (c1) rotates around this.
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∙ 13y agoyou have 7 cervical vertebrae, 12 thoracic vertebrae, and 5 lumbar vertebrae
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How many bones in cervical spine?
Seven. The first vertebra being the Atlas and the second being the Axis.
The first set of seven bones forming the neck?
cervical vertebrae
The bones of the skeleton?
There are 206 in total.The bones in a human skeleton include the cervical vertebrae, thoracic vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae, sacral vertebrae, coccygeal vertebrae and others.
How many cervical vertebrae are there in a normal adult?
In a human it is 7 vertebrae that make up the bones in the neck. Additional "factoids": Giraffes also have only 7 vertebrae in their necks/cervical spine, the difference is each one can be ten inches long! Swans can have as many as 25 vertebral bones in the neck and amphibians can have only one. There are 7 vertebra in the cervical region.
How many cervical vertebrae are there?
the first 7 vertebrae, the neck vertebrae, are considered to be cervical
How many bones are their in a girafs neck?
There are 50 vertebrae and 7 cervical
Which group of bones supports the neck?
Cervical vertebrae. All mammals have the same number of cervical vertebrae.
What is the vertebrae pertaining to the neck?
The cervical vertebrae are the spinal bones of the neck.
How many bones in cervical spine?
Seven. The first vertebra being the Atlas and the second being the Axis.
How many bones are in a whales neck?
All animals with vertebrae have exactly seven cervical vertebrae (neck vertebrae.) Because whales have long necks, they just have seven long cervical vertebrae.
What are 7 irregular bones in the neck?
Cervical vertebrae
The first set of seven bones forming the neck?
cervical vertebrae
The spine contains how many bones?
There are seven cervical (neck) vertebrae, 12 thoracic (the majority of the back) vertebrae, and five lumbar (lower back) vertebrae.
Name all the bones in the neck?
The bones in the neck are called ,collectively, the cervical vertebrae. There are 7 separate bones named C1 through C7. C1 is named the atlas, C2 is named axis. C3 through C7 is named third cervical vertebrae through seventh cervical vertebrae.
How many cervical vertebrae are in a cat?
there are 7 cervical vertebrae in a cat.
The bones of the skeleton?
There are 206 in total.The bones in a human skeleton include the cervical vertebrae, thoracic vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae, sacral vertebrae, coccygeal vertebrae and others.
How many bones does the human back have?
7 cervical vertebrae + 12 thoracic vertebrae + 5 lumbar verterbae + 5 sacral vertebrae + 4 caudal vertebrae = 33
