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The five sections of the vertebral column are suited to the type of movement most likely to occur there?

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You mean the : Cervical or neck region, the thoracic or chest region and the lumbar or lower back region as the sections of the spine which the anatomy or design varies at each level to allow for varying types of motion at each level with the least motion in the thoracic area due to the presence of the rib cage and significant motion in the cervical region based on specialized vertebrae C1 and C2 and the skull.

Answered 7/8/2014

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