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Dissection of anterior aspect of vertebral column

Lumbar region.

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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