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The vertebral column is made of 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, and 5 lumbar vertebrae. Additionally the sacrum, or tailbone, consists of 5 vertebrae that are wholly or partially fused together.

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The cervical spine is made up of how many cervical vertebrae?

The cervical spine is made up of seven cervical vertebrae. These are numbered(C1-C7) and are the smallest of the true vertebrae. The third through sixth cervical vertebrae have characteristics in common. The first, second, and seventh are considered special cervical vertebrae, and have different characteristics.


How many cervical vertebrae do a sloth have?

A sloth has 10 vertebrae. I read it out of COSMOS :-)


How many cervical vertebrae are found in the human spine?

The human cervical spine is made up of seven vertebrae. In fact, nearly all mammals have seven cervical vertebrae, even giraffes.


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.


Where is the cervical vertebrae located?

The thoracic vertebrae, of which there are 12.


How many bones in the cervical vertebrae?

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.


How many vertebraes make up the average human back bone?

The average human backbone is composed of 33 vertebrae. These consist of 7 cervical vertebrae in the neck, 12 thoracic vertebrae in the upper/mid-back, 5 lumbar vertebrae in the lower back, 5 fused sacral vertebrae forming the sacrum, and 4 fused coccygeal vertebrae forming the coccyx at the base.


What is neck vertebra?

Neck vertebrae are the bones that make up the cervical spine, located in the neck region of the spine. There are seven cervical vertebrae, labeled C1 to C7, that support the head and allow for flexible movement of the neck. The neck vertebrae are smaller and more mobile compared to the vertebrae in other regions of the spine.


The head bone is connected to the what bone?

You would call it a neck bone, I suppose, but the "Neck Bone" has many other bones with it. Though it is all made up as the Cervical vertebrae


What is the vertebra of the neck?

The vertebrae in the neck are called cervicle vertebrae. There are 6 of them altogether. The first two (going downward from the skull) are called the atlas and the axis. The rest are just name by their order. Eg: C1 (Atlas), C2 (Axis), C3, C4.....


Where is the invertebrate in the human body?

Assuming you mean vertebrae; The human spine is made up of 33 vertebrae (Sungular: vertebra.) There are four sections of vertebrae. The cervical vertebrae is is made up of 7 vertebrae and makes up the neck. The thoracic vertebrae makes up the upper back and contains 12 vertebrae. the lumbar vertebrae area makes up the lower back between the thoracic vetrtabrae and the sacral curve, made up of 5 vertebrae. Lastly, The tailbone area is below the lumbar section and called the sacral curve. 5 vertebrae make up the sacrum and 4 are fused to make the tailbone. All vertebrae but the sacral curve section are separated by invertebral discs.


What is the spine called?

Vertebrae with several different parts such as: the cervical (at the top), the thoracic (after the cervical), then lumbar( after the thoracic) and to finish it up the coccyx/sacrum