There are 12 thoracic vertebrae in the thoracic region. There are 5 lumbar vertebrae in the lumbar region. There are 5 sacral vertebrae, which are fused as one bone and known as the sacrum, in the ...

L5-S1 is the exact spot where the lumbar spine ends and the sacral spine begins. The lumbosacral joint connects these bones.

In particular, they make a much stronger connection between the hips and their backbone, and they do that by converting some of their vertebrae into a special modified structure called the sacrum that ...

Sacral spinal nerve stimulation for faecal incontinence: multicentre study. Lancet 363 , 1270–1276 (2004). Article PubMed Google Scholar ...

New research confirms that sacral nerve stimulation is a feasible ... for overactive bladder is hypothesized to correct deficient spinal inhibitory signals, which would suppress detrusor ...