In adults, the spinal cord is not the same length as the vertebral canal, and most of the lumbar part of the spinal cord is within

A.  the coccyx.
B.  the sacrum.
C.  the cervical vertebrae.
D.  the thoracic vertebrae.
E.  the cauda equina.


D

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