Vertebral column spinal nerves. The spinal nerves provide sympathetic nervous supply to the body, with nerves emerging forming the sympathetic trunk and the splanchnic nerves. The spinal canal follows the different curves of the column; it is large and triangular in those parts of the column which enjoy the greatest freedom of movement, such as the cervical and lumbar regions; and is small and rounded in the thoracic region, where motion is more limited. The spinal cord terminates in the conus medullaris and cauda equina. Spina bifida is a congenital disorder in which there is a defective closure of the vertebral arch.
Adelaide (given name) Adelaide (given name) Adelaide is the English form of a Germanic given name, from the Old High German "Adalheidis", meaning "noble natured". The modern German form is Adelheid, famously the first name of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen consort to William IV of the United Kingdom, for whom many places throughout the former British Empire were named. The French form is "Adélaïde" or "Adélaide" and Czech is Adéla or Adléta. The name "Addie" is a diminutive of Adelaide and "Heidi" is a nickname for "Adelheid" which became internationally popular on its own as a result of Johanna Spyri's novel "Heidi" (1880).