Where is the cervical spine? What part of the back is that?
The spine is divided into different sections depending on how far from the skull it is. The very top of the spine - your neck and uppermost back - is the cervical spine. There are seven vertebrae, the bones that make up the spine, that make up this section. They all begin with C and are followed with the number that corresponds from the base of the skull down, from C1 to C7. Below the cervical spine is the thoracic spine, where you will find the T1 to T12 vertebrae. Below that is the lumbar spine (L1 to L5) and then below that, the sacral (S1 to S5), which runs to your so-called tailbone.
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