Your backbone is 26 bones stacked in an S-curve, split into five regions. It holds up your body, protects the spinal cord, and lets you bend. Tap a region.
Cervical
The spinefive regions, top to bottom
The regions
💡 Think of mealtimes: breakfast at 7 (cervical), lunch at 12 (thoracic), and dinner at 5 (lumbar).
📷 Reference image
A real labeled figure to compare with the interactive above.
The Vertebral Column — OpenStax, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
