Level 2 Award Safer Moving and Handling People (EPAH) | Page 12

12 Safer Moving & Handling Cervical Thoracic Lumbar Coccyx Thirty three vertebrae form the human spine. 7 Cervical 12 Thoracic, and 5 Lumbar Vertebrae are separated by 23 Inter Vertebral Discs. The 5 Sacrum Vertebrae are fused just like the 4 Coccyx pieces, forming the Sacrum and Coccyx Bones.