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.
Thus the cervical nerves are numbered by the vertebra below, except spinal nerve C8, which exists below vertebra C7 and above vertebra T1. The thoracic, lumbar, and sacral nerves are then numbered by the vertebra above.