The lumbar vertebrae
Vertebrae lumbales
The seven bones of the loin, between the last rib-bearing vertebra and the sacrum, with no ribs of their own.
- Region
- Trunk
- Members
- 7
- With a page
- None
How they differ along the set
What changes from one end of the series to the other, which is most of what there is to know about any one of them.
- Seven, without ribs.Reighard & Jennings 1901, the vertebral column
- They grow in length and breadth from the first to the sixth; the seventh is about as long as the first.Reighard & Jennings 1901, the vertebral column
- They keep getting broader to the last.Reighard & Jennings 1901, the vertebral column
- The accessory processes are well made on the first and shrink to the fifth or sixth.Reighard & Jennings 1901, the vertebral column
The members
In order along the set. Any one of them can be singled out in the model above, with the picker beneath it.
- Lumbar vertebra 1Vertebra lumbalis I
- Lumbar vertebra 2Vertebra lumbalis II
- Lumbar vertebra 3Vertebra lumbalis III
- Lumbar vertebra 4Vertebra lumbalis IV
- Lumbar vertebra 5Vertebra lumbalis V
- Lumbar vertebra 6Vertebra lumbalis VI
- Lumbar vertebra 7Vertebra lumbalis VII