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How Many Bones in the Backbone

206 bones Anonymous
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They are called vertebrae Anonymous
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Different books will give different figures but 206 is probably about the correct number.
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100 odd
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Mainly that several bones, with flexible articulations between each allow for bending and turning of the back. If it was a single long bone it might be stronger for bearing large l...
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How Many Bones in the Backbone

There are 33. The bones in the spine are called vertebrae (ver-tea-bray). Beginning at the neck, there are 7 vertebrae in cervical (sir-vick-all) spine ...
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The human backbone is also called the spine, and it consists of a vertebral column that has many bones. There are seven cervical, twelve thoracic, five lumbar, ...
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The backbone, or spine, of an adult human is comprised of twenty-six bones, or vertebrae. Humans are born with thirty-three bones, but several of them fuse ...
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