One bullet grazed Garfield's shoulder; the other hit him in the back, passing the first lumbar vertebra but missing the spinal cord before coming to rest behind his pancreas.
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One bullet grazed the President's shoulder, and the other struck him in the back, passing the first lumbar vertebra but missing the spinal cord before coming to rest behind his pancreas.
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The human spinal cord extends from the foramen magnum and continues through to the conus medullaris near the second lumbar vertebra, terminating in a fibrous extension known as the filum terminale.
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"' Lumbar spinal stenosis "'( "'LSS "') is a medical condition in which the spinal canal narrows and compresses the spinal cord and nerves at the level of the lumbar vertebra.
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"' Spondylolisthesis "'is the forward displacement of a vertebral bone in relation to the natural curve of the spine, most commonly occurring after a fracture, and most often the fifth lumbar vertebra.
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Rios, seeded No . 1 in Sampras'absence, announced his withdrawal in the late Monday, the first day of play at the Open, because of a stress fracture in his second lumbar vertebra.
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A surgical team of 10 doctors removed the shattered second lumbar vertebra and the discs on either side, and reconstructed the spine with a bone graft and implanted titanium rods and screws.
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Lovato was taken to Scripps Hospital in Encinitas after complaining of lower back pain, and track spokesman Dan Smith said the X-rays revealed a fracture of the No . 1 lower lumbar vertebra.
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It is situated at the upper, back part of the pelvic cavity, where it is lumbar vertebra, and its lower part with the coccyx ( tailbone ) via the sacral and coccygeal cornua.
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On the last lumbar vertebra it anastomoses with the lumbar branch of the iliolumbar artery; in front of the sacrum it anastomoses with the lateral sacral arteries, sending offshoots into the anterior sacral foramina.
