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Explain the term backbone.


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Backbone:

  1. A chain of small pieces of bone which can be felt when we move our finger along the middle of our back is known as the backbone.
  2. The backbone consists of 33 small ring-like vertebrae categorized into five groups: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum and coccyx.



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