Human vertebral column
The human vertebral column is the backbone or spine, consisting of twenty-four articulating vertebrae, and nine fused vertebrae in the sacrum and the coccyx. The vertebrae in the column are separated from each other by intervertebral discs. It houses and protects the spinal cord in its spinal canal.
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