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How are the Sacrum and Coccyx different from the other vertebrae? The sacrum consists of 5 fused sacral vertebrae and the coccyx consists of 4 fused coccygeal vertebrae. They are different because the are not moveable.
As a practicing anatomist, I would say that there are 29 vertebrae, as in 29 vertebral elements (but you can't say 29 ossification centers, because each is made of multiple centers). These fuse into 24 free vertebrae, the sacrum (5 fused vertebrae) and one coccyx, which is variably fused. share | improve this answer edited Dec 27 '17 at 4:29