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So that you'r spine can twist and move an allows your body to do the same.

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What is the Weight-bearing portion of the vertebra?

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What vertebra has no body?

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Where on your body is the vertebra?

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What is the tbone in the human body?

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Body of the vertebra. It is fused with the Axis vertebra. Axis being the second vertebra.


What vertebra does not have a body?

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