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.
The bones of the spine are called vertebrae. There are 7 cervical, 18 thoracic, and 6 lumbar vertebrae. The sacrum is comprised of 5 vertebrae but they are fused at the age of 3 years old in the horse and essentially functions as one unit. Pelvis sits on the sacrum.