AUDITIONS FOR THE NUTCRACKER--August 27thThe 14th Annual Space Coast Ballet Company's The Nutcracker will be held at the King Center on Saturday, December 3.
The lowest part of the spine is called the lumbar spine. This area usually has 5 vertebrae. However, sometimes people are born with 6 vertebrae in the lumbar region. The base of your spine (called the sacrum) is a group of specialized vertebrae that connects the spine to the pelvis. When one of the bones forms as a vertebra rather than part of the sacrum, it is called a transitional (or sixth) vertebra.
1 The two adjacent vertebrae are connected in the back of the spine by two small joints called facet joints. 2  The facet joints of the lumbar spine allow movement to bend and twist the low back in all directions. 3  There are nerves that branch off from the spinal column at each level of the spine.ach lumbar spine segment is comprised of: 1  Two vertebrae, such as L4-L5, stacked vertically with an intervertebral disc between them. 2  The two adjacent vertebrae are connected in the back of the spine by two small joints called facet joints. 3  There are nerves that branch off from the spinal column at each level of the spine.