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Tissues > Connective Tissue > Bone and Bones > Spine > Lumbar Vertebrae
Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Bone and Bones > Spine > Lumbar Vertebrae

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Lumbar Vertebrae  

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Note

  • IM when discussed as bones or as a coordinate with specific spinal disease (IM); NIM when locational; inflammation = LUMBAR VERTEBRAE (IM) + SPONDYLITIS (IM)

Scope note

  • VERTEBRAE in the region of the lower BACK below the THORACIC VERTEBRAE and above the SACRAL VERTEBRAE.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008159

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