Aprofessional basketball player may be more than two feet taller than an olympic gymnast. how would their vertebra compare?

It is possible for a professional basketball player to be more than 2 feet taller than an Olympic gymnast. This difference in height can be explained by the fact that the basketball player may probably have larger vertebrae than the Olympic gymnast upon comparing their vertebrae.

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