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  2. Spinal column - Wikipedia

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    The number of vertebrae in a region can vary but overall the number remains the same. In a human spinal column, there are normally 33 vertebrae. [3] The upper 24 pre-sacral vertebrae are articulating and separated from each other by intervertebral discs, and the lower nine are fused in adults, five in the sacrum and four in the coccyx, or tailbone.

  3. List of bones of the human skeleton - Wikipedia

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    Various bones of the human skeletal system. The axial skeleton , comprising the spine, chest and head, contains 80 bones. The appendicular skeleton , comprising the arms and legs, including the shoulder and pelvic girdles, contains 126 bones, bringing the total for the entire skeleton to 206 bones.

  4. File:Gray 111 - Vertebral column-coloured.png - Wikipedia

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  5. Vertebra - Wikipedia

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    There are usually thirty-three vertebrae in the human vertebral column — seven cervical vertebrae, twelve thoracic vertebrae, five lumbar vertebrae, five fused sacral vertebrae forming the sacrum and four coccygeal vertebrae, forming the coccyx. Excluding rare deviations, the total number of vertebrae ranges from 32 to 35. [13]

  6. Axial skeleton - Wikipedia

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    3D medical animation still shot of human skull. The axial skeleton is the core part of the endoskeleton made of the bones of the head and trunk of vertebrates.In the human skeleton, it consists of 80 bones and is composed of the skull (28 bones, including the cranium, mandible and the middle ear ossicles), the vertebral column (26 bones, including vertebrae, sacrum and coccyx), the rib cage ...

  7. File:Human skeleton front en.svg - Wikipedia

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    Restructured the image internals by adding layers, changing groupings, and adding meaningful ids and labels so that the image is easier to manipulate programmatically. Also made the labels text elements and gave them ids (it might be possible to generate : 10:17, 1 October 2007: 436 × 842 (764 KB) LadyofHats: some changes asked in FP discussion

  8. File:Human skeleton diagram trace.svg - Wikipedia

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    This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:Human_skeleton_diagram.png licensed with PD-old 2005-07-05T17:27:53Z Solon 492x1426 (62986 Bytes) Source: Collier's New Encyclopedia, VIII (New York: P.F. Collier & Son Company, 1921), p. 446.

  9. Human anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Human abdomen to the pelvic brim or to the pelvic inlet; The back – the spine and its components, the vertebrae, sacrum, coccyx, intervertebral disks; Pelvis and perineum – the pelvis consists of everything from the pelvic inlet to the pelvic diaphragm; the perineum is the region between the sex organs and the anus