Amtrak stations near Leawood: 1  12 miles: KANSAS CITY (2200 MAIN ST.) . 2  14 miles: LEE'S SUMMIT (220 S. MAIN ST.) . 3  16 miles: INDEPENDENCE (600 S. GRAND AVE.) .
Eleventh thoracic vertebrae (T11): At this level, the T11 begins to resemble the size and structure of a lumbar vertebrae. The articular facets for the heads of the ribs are large and primarily on the pedicles, which are thicker and stronger in T11 and T12, than in T1-T10.
Lumbarization is an anomaly in the spine. It is defined by the nonfusion of the first and second segments of the sacrum. The lumbar spine subsequently appears to have six vertebrae or segments, not five.Conversely the sacrum appears to have only four segments instead of its designated five segments.acralization of the fifth lumbar vertebra (or sacralization) is a congenital anomaly, in which the transverse process of the last lumbar vertebra (L5) fuses to the sacrum on one side or both, or to ilium, or both. These anomalies are observed at about 3.5 percent of people, and it is usually bilateral.