A client is scheduled for surgery to fuse the vertebra in the lumbar region of the spine. The nurse should instruct the client that the number of vertebra being affected by this surgery would be:
1. 7.
2. 12.
3. 5.
4. 4.
3
There are 5 vertebra in the lumbar spine region. This is what the nurse should instruct the client as being fused during the surgery. There are 7 cervical vertebra, 12 thoracic, and 4 coccygeal fused into one.
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