Explanation
The spine has 33 stacked vertebrae (small bones) that form the spinal canal. The vertebrae are numbered and divided into regions: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, and coccyx. Only the top 24 bones are moveable; the vertebrae of the sacrum and coccyx are fused. **** Additional Information "Important For exam point of view" The femur i s the longest bone in the human body and the shortest bone is the stapes f ound in the middle ear. A newborn child has 300 bones. *** The human skull is generally considered to consist of twenty-two bones — eight cranial bones and fourteen facial skeleton bones. The human hand has 27 bones ****
