Lumbar enlargement

Lumbar enlargement
Diagrams of the medulla spinalis. (Cervical enlargement labeled at center right.)
Latin	intumescentia lumbosacralis
Gray's	subject #185 752
Dorlands/Elsevier	i_11/12457957

The lumbar enlargement (or lumbosacral enlargement) gives attachment to the nerves which supply the lower limbs.

It commences about the level of the ninth thoracic vertebra, and reaches its maximum circumference, of about 33 mm., opposite the last thoracic vertebra, below which it tapers rapidly into the conus medullaris.

External links

• lumbosacral+enlargement at eMedicine Dictionary
• Norman/Georgetown lesson6spinalcord&coverings
• SUNY Labs 02:08-0102 - "Vertebral Canal and Spinal Cord: Regions of the Spinal Cord"
• Atlas of anatomy at UMich n3a5p3 - "Spinal Cord, Fetus, Posterior View"

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