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Descriptor English: Lumbar Vertebrae
Descriptor Spanish: Vértebras Lumbares
Descriptor vértebras lumbares
Scope note: VÉRTEBRAS de la región baja de la ESPALDA, por debajo de las VÉRTEBRAS DORSALES y por encima de las VÉRTEBRAS SACRAS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Vértebras Lombares
Descriptor French: Vertèbres lombales
Entry term(s): Vertebrae, Lumbar
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.834.519
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008159
Scope note: VERTEBRAE in the region of the lower BACK below the THORACIC VERTEBRAE and above the SACRAL VERTEBRAE.
Annotation: IM when discussed as bones or as a coordinate with specific spinal disease (IM); NIM when locational; inflammation = LUMBAR VERTEBRAE (IM) + SPONDYLITIS (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 8334
Unique ID: D008159
NLM Classification: WE 750
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Lumbar Vertebrae - Preferred
Concept UI M0012724
Scope note VERTEBRAE in the region of the lower BACK below the THORACIC VERTEBRAE and above the SACRAL VERTEBRAE.
Preferred term Lumbar Vertebrae
Entry term(s) Vertebrae, Lumbar



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