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In a human it is 7 vertebrae that make up the bones in the neck.

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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.

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7 there are 7 cervical vertebrae in human body

there are seven vertebrae in the cervical spine

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Man has got seven cervical vertebrae. They are characterized by foramen transversum in them. They are small in size comparatively. They have larger lumen comparatively.

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Humans have seven cervical vertebrae. So do giraffes, even though their neck is longer.

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