Leawood /ËliËwÊd/ is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, and part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 31,867.
This portion of the spine is meant to support the rib cage and provide proper posture for the body. The 12 vertebrae that make up the thoracic spine, commonly referred to as T1-T12, each have two facet joint sets â one set on the top and one set on the bottom â that are responsible for providing the middle back with flexibility and strength.
The thoracic vertebrae (figs. 265, 274, 275), twelve in number, show a gradual increase in size from above downwards. All are distinguished by the presence of facets on the sides of the bodies, and all but the last two, sometimes three, by facets on the transverse processes ; the former articulate with the heads of the ribs and the latter with the tubercles of the ribs.