LUMBAR VERTEBRA-ARTICULAR FACETS

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SUMMARY

1. Cylindrical in shape

2. The upper facets face medially

3. L4, L5 facets face medially & posteriorly
Typical-lumbar-vertebra-grays-illustration-3.jpeg

Image: Case courtesy of Craig Hacking, Radiopaedia.org. From the case rID: 82813


Reference(s)

R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. Get it on Amazon.
Drake, Richard L., et al. Gray's Anatomy for Students. Elsevier, 2023. Get it on Amazon.