Effingham County is one of Illinois's most Republican counties, if not the most. In the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, John McCain carried the county by a 36% margin over Barack Obama, making it McCain's strongest county in the state, with Obama carrying his home state by a 25.1% margin over McCain.
Quick Answer. Each spinal nerve exits the vertebral column through a small hole, or foramen, on the side of the corresponding vertebrae, CNS-Visual Perspectives explains. The cervical nerves in the upper part of the spine exit above the vertebrae, while the nerves below the seventh cervical vertebrae exit below. Continue Reading.
The nerves of your spinal cord. The vertebral canal is home to the spinal cord, which extends from the brainstem down into the lumbar portion of the vertebral column. It begins as an extension of the medulla oblongata and runs inferiorly to around the 1st or 2nd lumbar vertebra, where it terminates as the conus medullaris.