lumbosacral junction
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Spondylolisthesis — Not to be confused with spondylosis, spondylitis, or spondylolysis. Spondylolisthesis Classification and external resources X ray of the lateral lumbar spine with a grade III spondylolisthesis at the L5 S1 level … Wikipedia
Spondylolisthesis — Spondylolisthésis La spondylolisthésis est le glissement d une vertèbre en avant du vertèbre située en dessous d elle. Les vertèbres les plus souvent concernés sont la quatrième et la cinquième vertèbre lombaire. Sommaire 1 Spondylolyse et… … Wikipédia en Français
Spondylolisthésis — Le spondylolisthésis est le glissement d une vertèbre en avant de la vertèbre située en dessous d elle. Les vertèbres les plus souvent concernées sont la quatrième et la cinquième vertèbre lombaire. Sommaire 1 Spondylolyse et spondylolisthésis… … Wikipédia en Français
Congenital vertebral anomaly — Congenital vertebral anomalies are a collection of malformations of the spine in animals. Most are not clinically significant, but they can cause compression of the spinal cord by deforming the vertebral canal or causing instability. This… … Wikipedia
test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… … Medical dictionary
articulatio lumbosacralis — [TA] lumbosacral joint: the articulation between the sacrum and the lumbar vertebrae; called also lumbosacral junction … Medical dictionary
lumbarization — A congenital anomaly of the lumbosacral junction characterized by development of the first sacral vertebra as a lumbar vertebra, resulting in six lumbar vertebrae instead of five. * * * lum·bar·i·za·tion .ləm bə rə zā shən … Medical dictionary
dysplastic spondylolisthesis — spondylolisthesis resulting from congenital anomalies of the lumbosacral junction, allowing the fifth lumbar vertebra to slip forward on the first sacral vertebra. Called also congenital s … Medical dictionary
nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… … Universalium
plexus — A network or interjoining of nerves and blood vessel s or of lymphatic vessels. [L. a braid] abdominal aortic (nervous) p. [TA] an autonomic p. surrounding the abdominal aorta, directly continuous with the thoracic aortic p. superiorly and … Medical dictionary
