Vertebral Column
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How many cervical vertebrae do you have? | seven
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How many thoracic vertebrae do you have? | twelve
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How many lumbar vertebrae do you have? | five
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How many sacral vertebrae fuse to form one sacrum? | five
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How many coccygeal vertebrae fuse to form one coccyx bone? | four
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How many total vertebrae do you have? | thirty-three
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How many vertebrae does your teacher have? | twenty-six
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How many spinal curvatures are there? | four
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What two bones make up the pelvic curvature? | sacrum and coccyx
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What are the curvatures for? | balance and shock absorption
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What passes through the intervertebral foramina? | spinal nerves
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What does inter- mean? | between
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What other bones attach to the thoracic vertebrae? | ribs
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What are the cartilage discs called between the bodies of the vertebrae? | intervertebral discs
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Intervertebral discs are composed of which type of cartilage? | fibrocartilage
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Which two curvatures bend anteriorly? | cervical and lumbar
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Which two curvatures bend posteriorly? | thoracic and pelvic
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