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.
Lower Branches. Within the neck, the lower part of the vertebral artery branches off to the sides into spinal branches, which enter the vertebral canal to connect with the other arteries of the spinal cord and form chains of arteries on the inside of the vertebrae.