21. The lumbar vertebrae are located between the ribcage and the pelvis and are the largest of the vertebrae. 22. Miller, who had suffered a pair of fractured lumbar vertebrae in his accident, returned to driving six months later. 23. There was extensive damage, when compared to the other joint surfaces on the skeletal remains, to the lumbar vertebrae . 24. He continued to compete in both sports until he fractured the right and left of his L5 lumbar vertebrae . 25. Below the first or second lumbar vertebrae ( L1 or L2 ) the spinal cord terminates ( conus medularis ). 26. During a four-hour procedure, Carl used a small piece of bone from the skater's hip to reconstruct her fractured lumbar vertebrae . 27. A tear was diagnosed in the covering of the disk between the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebrae of his lower back. 28. Boggs, who is hitting . 417 to Hayes's . 261 this spring, visits a chiropractor to treat his lower lumbar vertebrae . 29. As with all quadrupeds, the tenderloin refers to the psoas major muscle along the central spine portion, ventral to the lumbar vertebrae . 30. Such changes as the first appearance of a segmented rib compartment, in which " Thrinaxodon " expresses both thoracic and lumbar vertebrae .