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How can a person function with no disks in there back? i didn't know that could even be possible.
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It isn't: Between each bony vertebra (6 cervical-neck, 12 thoracic-chest, 5 lumbar), there is a cartilaginous disc. Over time these discs can degenerate, collapse, thin down, but don't disappear; that would mean one has bone on bone, which perhaps could happen with some discs, but never with all.
Answered 12/9/2022
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