How many bones are in your spine?

Your spine – also known as the vertebral column – stretches all the way from your skull down to your pelvis and contains 33 individual bones, known as vertebrae. These vertebrae are instrumental to the strength, support and flexibility that your spine provides. read more

In a human's vertebral column there are normally thirty-three vertebrae; the upper twenty-four 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. read more

Only the top 24 bones are moveable; the vertebrae of the sacrum and coccyx are fused. The vertebrae in each region have unique features that help them perform their main functions. Cervical (neck) - the main function of the cervical spine is to support the weight of the head (about 10 pounds). read more