A
Figure 1.3
This image is a back-to-front
view of the lumbar spine.
B
A: This is the spinous process
of the first lumbar vertebra.
B: This is the transverse
C process of the second lumbar
vertebra.
C: This is the joint on the
right between the third and
the fourth lumbar vertebrae.
D
E
D: This is the spinal canal in
which the spinal cord and
spinal nerves run.
E: This is the spinous process
of the first sacral vertebra; it
is fused to and continuous
with the spinous process of
the second and other sacral
vertebrae.
F
G
F: This is the second sacral
hiatus. The second sacral
nerve leaves the spine from
here and extends to the pelvis.
G: This part of the spine is
called the coccyx and is locat-
ed at the very bottom of the
spine.
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