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KEYWORDS: Lumbar region, Vasculature, Vertebral column.

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Dissection of anterior aspect of vertebral column

Lumbar region.

The left hip bone,the psoas major and the quadratus lumborum muscles have been removed.

1 .	Lumbar part of diaphragm
2 .	Lateral arcuate ligament
3 .	Rib XII
4 .	Lumbar vein III
5 .	Ganglion of sympathetic trunk
6 .	Body of vertebra L. III (pointer on anterior longitudinal ligament)
7 .	Intervertebral disc L. III - IV
8 .	Lumbar artery IV
9 .	Vena cava inferior (cut off)
10 .	Psoas major muscle
11 .	Iliacus muscle
12 .	Iliac crest
13 .	Genitofemoral nerve
14 .	Common left iliac vein
15 .	Promontory
16 .	Median sacral artery
17 .	Hemiazygos vein
18 .	Psoas major muscle
19 .	Ascending lumbar vein
20 .	Ramus communicans
21 .	Sympathetic trunk
22 .	Transverse process of vertebra L. III
23 .	Lumbar plexus
24 .	Obturator nerve
25 .	Lateral femoral cutaneus nerve
26 .	Femoral nerve
27 .	Iliolumbar artery
28 .	Lateral part sacrum
29 .	Iliolumbar artery
30 .	Lumbosacral trunk