Anatom3DSecond lumbar vertebra
Vertebra lumbalis II · Druhý bederní obratel
Skeleton
Looks like
A large lower-back vertebra (L2); below it the canal holds only nerve roots (the cauda equina).
What it does
Carries body weight and anchors the diaphragm's crura and the psoas muscle.
Keeping it well
Spinal taps are done well below this level (L3–L5) to avoid the cord.
Related conditions
- Achondroplasia
- Acromegaly
- Cauda equina syndrome
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Herniated disc
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Non-specific low back pain
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Osteomalacia & rickets
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Sarcoma
- Sciatica
- Spinal stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency