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.
In the neck, the spinal cord passes through the vertebral foramen of the cervical vertebrae, which surround and protect its delicate nervous tissue. Eight spinal nerves branch off from the spinal cord in the neck to form a network of nerves called the cervical plexus. The cervical plexus forms many connections between the brain and the skin and muscles of the head and neck, similar to the cranial nerves.