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Bones of the Trunk. 



00, Outline of a Lumbar Vertebra. 



The transverse processes not perforated ; they have no articular facets, 

 neither has the body. The lumbar vertebrae are larger than the cervical and 

 dorsal vertebrae of the same skeleton. The Foramen rertclrah somewhat round ; 

 the spinous processes high, narrow, horizontal in direction. The articular facets 

 of the superior articular processes look inwards and backwards; those of the 

 inferior articular processes outwards and forwards. 



froc.arlicul.sup. 



Proc. 

 mmilla/ris 



Vroc.arucul.inf 



07. Lumbar Vertebra, Vertebra Lumbalis, side view. 



The body somewhat higher in front than behind; between the superior 

 articular process and the transverse process is a rough prominence, Processus 

 uccessoritis, at the outer border of the superior articular process, the Processes 

 mammiUaris. 



