Vertebral bodies are held in place by discs and facet joints, with facet joints and the disc interface likely providing primary support.

“right behind each of these vertebral bodies so these these vertebral bodies are sort of held in place um by the discs but then also by the facet joints yes that run behind them and it's really difficult to show this we'll probably have to pull up some images to make this easier for people to see but the the facet joints and the and then sort of the lamina which are these those sort of longer bones hold it all together but they don't really provide this support i think the support is probably at the facet joints and at the disc interface is that probably fair”