LUMBAR VERTEBRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lumbar vertebra mean? 

• LUMBAR VERTEBRA (noun)
  The noun LUMBAR VERTEBRA has 1 sense:

1. one of 5 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; lumbar vertebrae extend from the twelfth thoracic vertebra down to the sacral vertebrae

  Familiarity information: LUMBAR VERTEBRA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUMBAR VERTEBRA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of 5 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; lumbar vertebrae extend from the twelfth thoracic vertebra down to the sacral vertebrae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("lumbar vertebra" is a kind of...):

vertebra (one of the bony segments of the spinal column)

Holonyms ("lumbar vertebra" is a part of...):

back; dorsum (the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine)

 Context examples 

A fracture of one of the lumbar vertebra.

(Lumbar Vertebral Fracture, NCI Thesaurus)

The region of the spine in the lower back that consists of the five lumbar vertebrae and the sacrum.

(Lumbosacral Region, NCI Thesaurus)

The fifth lumbar vertebra counting from the top down.

(L5 Vertebra, NCI Thesaurus)

The fourth lumbar vertebra counting from the top down.

(L4 Vertebra, NCI Thesaurus)

The third lumbar vertebra counting from the top down.

(L3 Vertebra, NCI Thesaurus)

A group of three muscles (iliocostalis, longissimus, and spinalis) that originate at the sacrum, ilium, and lumbar vertebrae spines and insert into the ribs and vertebra in order to extend the vertebral column.

(Erector Spinae, NCI Thesaurus)

The second lumbar vertebra counting from the top down.

(L2 Vertebra, NCI Thesaurus)

The first lumbar vertebra counting from the top down.

(L1 Vertebra, NCI Thesaurus)

A muscle originating from the transverse processes of the lower thoracic vertebrae which inserts into the ribs between the angles and tubercles as well as the transverse and accessory processes of the upper lumbar vertebrae acting to extend the spine.

(Longissimus Thoracis, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel containing deoxygenated blood formed by the joining of the internal and external iliac veins at the pelvic brim that runs upward behind the internal iliac artery to the right side of the fifth lumbar vertebra where it joins with its counterpart from the opposite side of the body to form the inferior vena cava.

(Common Iliac Vein, NCI Thesaurus)