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How do you get a fractured back and what breaks?
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Many ways: A fall, an accident, just about anyway you can break any bone. What breaks? Any part of the spine can break there are multiple vertebrae, these are the bones that comprise the spine, they are named after the region of the body they are in; cervical, thoracic, lumbar..Any one can crack or fracture.
Answered 12/9/2016
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