Anatom3DLumbar vertebral column
Columna vertebralis lumbalis · Bederní páteř
Skeleton
Looks like
The lower back part of the spine: five large vertebrae (L1–L5) curving forward, with thick discs between them.
What it does
Carries most of the body's weight and allows bending forward, backward and to the side.
Keeping it well
Low back pain is very common and usually settles with activity. Red flags: saddle numbness, bladder loss, fever or weight loss.
Its parts
Related conditions
- Acromegaly
- Axial spondyloarthritis
- Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Gout
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Lyme disease
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Osteomalacia & rickets
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sarcoma
- Scoliosis
- Spina bifida & neural tube defects
- Spinal cord injury
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency