Lumbar Spine Anatomy Vertebra medical videos

http://www.medilaw.tv Lumbar Spine Anatomy Vertebra medical videos. Shows the location and shape of the lumbar vertebra and the discs and facet joints that connect them. Also shows the lumbar skeleton during flexion-extension and rotation.
The spine is made up of thirty-three small bones called vertebrae. The five vertebrae between the chest and the pelvis are called the lumbar vertebrae. Each vertebra has different parts. The adjacent vertebrae are connected by the intervertebral disc in front of the spinal canal, and the two facet joints behind. This disc and the two facet joints help keep the two vertebrae correctly aligned, while allowing a controlled amount of movement. In this way, all the vertebra of your spine work together, supporting each other. The stability of the spine as a whole relies upon the health of the disc and the facet joints in each vertebral level. In the centre of each vertebra is a large hole. As the vertebrae all link up together, these holes line up and form a bony tube, called the vertebral canal or the spinal canal. The spinal cord passes down the vertebral canal, and the spinal nerves leave through the intervertebral foramina to the rest of the body. Lumbar Spine Anatomy Vertebra medical videos.

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