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Human vertebral column consists of 33 vertebrae and ____________bones.

A

33

B

26

C

27

D

29

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Theoretically, human vertebral column consists of 33 vertebrae -7 cervical, 12 thoracic 5 lumbar, 5 sacral and 4 coccygeal. However, it consists of 26 bones as five sacral vertebrae fuse to form one sacrum and four coccygeal vertebrae fuse to form one coccyx.
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