Lumbar enlargement
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| Lumbar enlargement | |
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| Diagrams of the medulla spinalis. (Cervical enlargement labeled at center right.) | |
| Latin | intumescentia lumbosacralis |
| Gray's | subject #185 752 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | i_11/12457957 |
The lumbar enlargement (or lumbosacral enlargement) gives attachment to the nerves which supply the lower limbs.
It commences about the level of the ninth thoracic vertebra, and reaches its maximum circumference, of about 33 mm., opposite the last thoracic vertebra, below which it tapers rapidly into the conus medullaris.
[edit] External links
- Dictionary at eMedicine lumbosacral+enlargement
- Norman/Georgetown lesson6spinalcord&coverings
- SUNY Labs 02:08-0102 - "Vertebral Canal and Spinal Cord: Regions of the Spinal Cord"
- Atlas of anatomy at UMich n3a5p3 - "Spinal Cord, Fetus, Posterior View"
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