Lumbar Spine Anatomy

Identify the labeled part A in the first diagram.

• Vertebral foramen

• Pedicle

• Body

• Spinous process

• Lamina

Identify the labeled part B in the first diagram.

• Lamina

• Spinous process

• Pedicle

• Body

• Vertebral foramen

Identify the labeled part C in the first diagram.

• Spinous process

• Vertebral foramen

• Pedicle

• Lamina

• Body

Identify the labeled part D in the first diagram.

• Lamina

• Pedicle

• Vertebral foramen

• Body

• Spinous process

Identify the labeled part E in the first diagram.

• Spinous process

• Body

• Lamina

• Vertebral foramen

• Pedicle

Identify the labeled part F in the first diagram.

• Transverse process

• Pedicle

• Vertebral foramen

• Spinous process

• Lamina

Identify the labeled part A in the second diagram.

• Superior articular process

• Body

• Inferior vertebral notch, or the floor of the pedicle making up the upper portion of the rounded intervertebral foramen

• Area of the articulating facet of the inferior articular process

• Spinous process

Identify the labeled part B in the second diagram.

• Inferior vertebral notch, or the floor of the pedicle making up the upper portion of the rounded intervertebral foramen

• Body

• Area of the articulating facet of the inferior articular process

• Spinous process

• Superior articular process

Identify the labeled part C in the second diagram.

• Superior articular process

• Spinous process

• Area of the articulating facet of the inferior articular process

• Body

• Inferior vertebral notch, or the floor of the pedicle making up the upper portion of the rounded intervertebral foramen

Identify the labeled part D in the second diagram.

• Body

• Area of the articulating facet of the inferior articular process

• Spinous process

• Inferior vertebral notch, or the floor of the pedicle making up the upper portion of the rounded intervertebral foramen

• Superior articular process