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Q. In adult humans, the vertebra that is formed by fusion of four vertebrae is

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Theoretically, human vertebral column consists of 33 vertebrae - 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral and 4 coccygeal. However, it consists of 26 bones as five sacral vertebrae fuse to form one sacrum and four coccygeal vertebrae fuse to form one coccyx.