C5- c-6 refers to the cervical spine. There are 7 bones in the cervical spine and C3, 4 and 5 keep the diaphragm alive. Any damage in that area will compromise breathing.
Your vertebrae is part of your skeleton, notably as part of your spine.
They are vertebrae and form the spine.
They are vertebrae and form the spine.
The spine is composed of the vertebrae. This is part of the skeletal system. The spinal cord is part of the nervous system.
thoracic vertebrae
The part of the body that has vertebrae is the spine. The spinal column consists of 33 vertebrae which provides support to the body and protects the spinal cord.
There are typically five lumbar vertebrae in a normal adult human spine. The lumbar vertebrae are located in the lower part of the spine, below the thoracic vertebrae and above the sacrum.
The cervical bones (1-5) run from the base of the skull to the bottom of the neck, roughly. The thoracic vertebrae (1-12) run from the end of the cervical spine to the lumbar spine. The lumbar vertebrae (1-5) run from the end of the thoracic spine to the tailbone.
If an animal has any vertebrae, they have them between their head and the tip of their tails and they are usually part of a ventral structure. Vertebrae form the spine.
Actually that is good question come to think of it your backbone (spine) is a vertabrae and that is the only vertebrae in your body.
Lumbar vertebrae are part of the lower spine ; see related link .
There are three parts of the spine, the cervical, thoracic and lumbar. Each vertebrae is listed by its number. For example the first 7 vertebrae (from the top) are listed as C1-C7 meaning C for cervical. The thoracic vertebrae starts after C7, the 8th vertebrae is T1-T12, so there is 12 individual vertebraes in the thoracic spine. After the thoracic, is the lumbar which have 5 individual vertebrae, L1-L5.