How Many Vertebrae Make Up the Human Spine?

The vertebrae are numbered and divided into regions: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, and coccyx Only the top 24 bones are moveable; the vertebrae

The transverse process projects laterally from the junction of the lamina and the pedicle on each side of the vertebrae The transverse process serves as a

vertebrae body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent vertebrae and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord

vertebrae The vertebrae are the bony building blocks of the spine There are seven cervical vertebrae in