lumbar vertebra
Large vertebra of the movable part of the vertebral column, characterized by the absence of the foramen transversarium within the transverse process, and by the absence of facets on the sides of the body. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the lumbar vertebra is
Large vertebra of the movable part of the vertebral column, characterized by the absence of the foramen transversarium within the transverse process, and by the absence of facets on the sides of the body. The atlas records it as a bone at the organ scale in the human body.
Where the lumbar vertebra is
It sits in the back and trunk, within the skeletal system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.
What the lumbar vertebra connects to
The atlas records 21 typed relationships for it, across 6 kinds of connection. part of abdominal segment of trunk, dorsum and lumbar region of vertebral column, and 1 more.
Supply and innervation
This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the lumbar vertebra. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002414, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- Part of: abdominal segment of trunk, dorsum, lumbar region of vertebral column and trunk.
- A kind of: bone element, organ, skeletal element, trunk region element and vertebra.
- subtype: lumbar vertebra 1, lumbar vertebra 2, lumbar vertebra 3, lumbar vertebra 4 and lumbar vertebra 5.
- contains: lumbar vertebral arch, lumbar vertebral foramen, postzygapophysis of lumbar vertebra, prezygapophysis of lumbar vertebra and transverse process of lumbar vertebra.
- composed of: bone tissue.
- inserts into: quadratus lumborum.
Questions
Where is the lumbar vertebra?
It sits in the back and trunk, within the skeletal system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.
What does the lumbar vertebra connect to?
Part of: abdominal segment of trunk, dorsum, lumbar region of vertebral column and trunk.
Is the lumbar vertebra the same in other species?
Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.