Lumbar Spine: Radiographic Anatomy - Video Lesson

Hey, everybody. Welcome to today's lesson on radiographic anatomy, demonstrated on routine projections of the lumbar or L spine. In a previous lesson, we discussed the anatomy of the lumbar spine and which radiographic projections are routinely performed. So let's tie that information to the radiographs themselves. As a reminder, the routine radiographic projections of the lumbar spine are AP, AP obliques, lateral, and lateral l five through s one lumbosacral junction. Take a look at this radiograph. What projection is being demonstrated? How do you know? Let's find out the answers to these questions. If you said this radiograph is an AP projection of the lumbar spine, you're correct. While this may seem obvious to some, let's look at how we can tell radiographically. In this image, all five lumbar vertebral bodies, intervertebral joint spaces, and spinous and transverse processes.