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lumbar vertebrae

A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | 202 words | Copyright

lumbar vertebrae The vertebrae in the region of the lower back. They occur below the thoracic vertebrae and above the sacral vertebrae. In mammals they bear processes for the attachment of back muscles.

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