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Topic: Lumbar Spine

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  Lumbar Support    Spine Surgery  
  Cervical Spine    Lumbar Puncture  
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Favorite possession(s):Abflexer(tm),  Wheelchair,  Penis
Appearance:Muscular
Personality:Nervous
Intelligence:Incompetent
Favorite body part(s):Lungs,  Eyes,  Breasts
Interest(s):Sex education
Favorite movie(s):This Is Spinal Tap
Favorite sportsperson(s):Lou Gehrig (baseball)
Ultimate fantasy(s):Being normal
Medical note(s):Has cancer,  Undergoing therapy,  Infected with HIV
Worst habit(s):Nervous twitch
Favorite quote(s):"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
"God gave men both a penis and a brain, but unfortunately not enough blood supply to run both at the same time." - Robin Williams, commenting on the Clinton/Lewinsky affair
 
 
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Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer

The symptoms include muscle tightness and pain in the thoracic region and a dull ache in the lumbar spine after exercising or being on my feet for a long time.
Sarah Kennedy,
Fashion Model

The cervical spine curves slightly inward, the thoracic curves outward, and the lumbar curves inward.
This pose is an immediate counter pose to the knee-ear pose and works on the thoracic and lumbar regions of the spine.
Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder

The pudendal nerve originates from the thoracic and lumbar areas of the sacral area of the spine.
Todd Porter,
Gym Attendent

The vertebrae in the lumbar spine area are the largest of the entire spine, so the lumbar spinal canal is larger than in the cervical or thoracic parts of the spine.
Although the joints are located in your cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine regions, usually only the cervical and lumbar facet joints can cause pain.
Lumbar Spine - The 5 weight bearing vertebrae that are located between the thoracic vertebrae and the lumbosacral area.
Billie Kirgan,
Machinist

The vertebrae of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine are separated from each other by soft oval shaped cushions known as intervertebral discs.
When the trauma is a vertebral fracture in the thoracic or lumbar spine, 90% of the time some degree of kyphosis will result.
Spinal Traction of the lumbar region or cervical spine to aid in the decompression of the joint or intervertebral disc space.
Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman

Biomechanical models of the cervical and lumbar spines are being developed using CT scans of normal subjects.
Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

Whilst the emphasis of explanation focuses upon the lumbar spine, we in fact apply these concepts and operations to the cervical spine and will apply them to the thoracic spine.
 
 
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