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A 51-year-old female presents to clinic with complaints of back pain that has been ongoing for about 1 month. The patient states that the pain started after moving around some heavy boxes in her garage. She has tried ice and over-the-counter medications with only mild relief of her symptoms. Osteopathic structural examination reveals the right transverse process of T8 to be more anterior than the left. The rotational asymmetry does not change with positional changes. On physical examination, where is the vertebral body of T8 most likely found?