The total number of vertebrae in a human being is (a)26 (b)30 (c)29 (d)33
Option D) The average person is born with 33 individual bones (the vertebrae) that interact and connect with each other through flexible joints called facets. By the time a person becomes an adult most have only 24 vertebrae because some vertebrae at the bottom end of the spine fuse together during normal growth and development.