At which vertebral level does the spinal cord end? 

A. First lumbar vertebra
B. First sacral vertebra
C. First thoracic vertebra
D. Twelfth thoracic vertebra
E. Coccyx


A. First lumbar vertebra
The spinal cord descends into the vertebral canal and ends around the level of the first or second lumbar vertebra.

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