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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.