Almost all the joints between vertebrae are movable. The joints between the cervical vertebrae and lumber vertebrae have fairly good movement. Between thoracic vertebrae only you have less movement. But then they do move on each other.
Absolutely, that is why they are called joints. We can bend forwards, backwards and sideways due to the spine.
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between the vertebrae
The lower lumbar vertebrae are the most stress bearing vertebrae.
Cartilaginous are slightly movable, but the most prominent type of movable joints are synovial joints, such as the knee and shoulder, which are very movable.
Vertebrae are categorized by where they are located. The top 7 are called cervical vertebrae (neck), the next 12 are thoracic vertebrae (chest), and the last 5 are lumbar vertebrae (back).
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between the vertebrae
The lumbar vertebrae are the largest segments of the movable part of the vertebral column
allow only slight movement.The joints present between the vertebrae of the backbone and the joints between the ribs and the breastbone are the examples of slightly movable joints.
There are 5 cervical vertebrae (neck bones) and 12 thoracic vertebrae (in the rib cage area) and 5 lumbar vertebrae (in the small of the back) and 6 sacral vertebrae ( the back of your hips, and in adults are normally fused into 1 bony structure) and 3 to 5 coccyx bones (tail bones) Say, between 31 and 33 vertebrae, total.
Classified by type of cartilage: Fibrous joints-immovable such as sutures in the skull. Cartilaginous- partially movable such as vertebrae. Synovial- Freely movable such as knee and finger joints. Classified by functional use: synarthrosis - permits little or no mobility (mostly fibrous joints as in the skull). amphiarthrosis - permits slight mobility (mostly cartilaginous joints as with vertebrae) diarthrosis - freely movable (synovial joints used in body movement)
Your spine is an elaborate unit structurally consisting of 33 vertebrae, 24 movable and 9 fused, and 23 intervertebral discs. In between each of the 24 movable vertebrae, except between C1/C2 (atlas and axis), discs are situated. These discs allow for the mobility, curvature, and shock absorption qualities of the spine. The vertebrae themselves are the main structures that protect the spinal cord via the posterior arch, consisting of pedicles and laminae. Therefore, the vertebrae protect the integrity of the spinal cord, but the discs are the structures responsible for the motion of the spine.
The most common slightly movable joints are the joints between the vertebrae. Two more are found in pelvis: the sacroiliac and the symphysis pubis joints.
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Vertebrae are divided into sections: the atlas and axis account for the first cervical vertebrae, of which there are 7 in total; there are 12 thoracic vertebrae, 7 lumbar vertebrae, 1 sacrum (5 separate vertebrae in a baby), and 1 coccyx (4 separate vertebrae in a baby).
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Joints come in three different varieties. The least movable are the synarthrotic. The example of these are the suture joints in the cranium. They are not fused together, but rather, separated by a very thin cartilage. The next, more movable joints are the amphiarthrotic joints. These are found between the vertebrae of the spine. The most movable are the diarthrotic joints, also called freely moving, or synovial joints. There are six types; ball-and-socket, hinge, pivot, gliding, saddle, and ellipsoidal.