How many bones cover the brain and spinal cord?

Interesting question. The answer depends on what you consider a separate bone, and what you mean by the brain and spinal cord, and is different for different people, and different for children and adults. read more

Vertebral column helps to cover and protect the Spinal Cord. Vertebral column has limited mobility, which also, in a way , helps to avoid jerks and shearing injury to spinal cord. In human beings, normally, the Vertebral Column is made up of 33 vertebras. read more

The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular bundle of nervous tissue and support cells that extends from the medulla oblongata in the brainstem to the lumbar region of the vertebral column. The brain and spinal cord together make up the central nervous system (CNS). read more