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...haracterized by the absence of the [[foramen transversarium]] within the [[vertebra]] and by the absence of facets on the sides of the body. ...mbar" is derived from the Latin word "lumbus," meaning loin, and the term "vertebra" is derived from the Latin word "vertere," meaning to turn.

== Thoracic vertebra == ...ginates from the Greek word 'thorax', meaning 'chest', and the Latin word 'vertebra', meaning 'joint or segment of the spine'.

The term "vertebrae" is derived from the Latin word "vertebra", which means a joint or something to turn. It was first used in English in ...ed into five regions: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccyx. Each vertebra is named for the first letter of its region and its position along the supe

...riginates from the Greek word "thorax", meaning chest, and the Latin word "vertebra", meaning joint. ...bodies for the articulation with the heads of the [[ribs]]. Each thoracic vertebra has two facets on the sides of its body, which are for articulation with th

The term "Vertebral Canal" is derived from the Latin word "vertebra", which means a joint or a segment of the spinal column, and "canalis" whic ...The canal begins at the opening of the [[foramen magnum]] and ends at the sacral hiatus in the [[sacrum]]. It houses and protects the spinal cord and provid

...s the official end of the spinal cord around the level of the first lumbar vertebra (L1). ...ng of the second through fifth lumbar nerve pairs, the first through fifth sacral nerve pairs, and the coccygeal nerve.