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. 2021 Nov 23;10:e70447. doi: 10.7554/eLife.70447

Table 1. Measurements on lumbar vertebrae in mm for linear data and degrees for angles (measurement definitions are included in the supplementary material).

U.W.88–232(L2) U.W.88–233(L3) U.W.88-127/
153/234(L4)
U.W.88-126/138(L5)
1. Body sup. transv. width 29.5 30.1 31.4 32.8
2. Body sup. dorsoven. dia. 20.8 21.4 22.2 21.4
3. Body inf. transv. width 29.0 31.4 32.4 28.8
4. Body inf. dorsoven. dia. 21.1 21.0 21.2 19.8
5. Body ventral height 21.0 21.75 22.1 21.0
6. Body dorsal height 22.5 22.25 21.5 17.0
7. Body wedging angle (calculated) 4.1° 1.3° –1.6° –10.7°
8. Vertebral foramen dorsoven. dia. 10.5 8.85 23.0
9. Vertebral foramen transv. dia. 17.6 17.3 16.3
10. Sup.-inf. inter-AF height 37.0 32.6 31.5
11. Max. inter-SAF dist. 24.0 28.5
12. Min. inter-SAF dist. 14.5
13. Max. inter-IAF dist. 23.0 25.0 (28.0)* (33.0)
14. Min. inter-IAF dist. 11.0 9.5 11.6 15.6
15. SAF sup.-inf. dia. 12.8 13.4
16. SAF transv. dia. 11.5 10.8
17. IAF sup.-inf. dia. 11.5 11.5 14.7 14.4
18. IAF transv. dia. 8.1 8.9 9.2 11.7
19. Spinous process angle 176° 160° 163° 166°
20. Spinous process length 27.0 28.0 28.0 23.6
21. Spinous process terminal trans. width 6.9 7.4 8.1 6.85
22. Spinous process terminal sup.-inf. height 13.8 11.75 12.7 7.15
23. Costal process base sup.-inf. height 11.5 12.2 13.9
24. Costal process angle 78° 82° 50°
25. Costal process length 31.0
26. SAF orientation (in degrees) 31° 33° 26°
27. Pedicle sup.-inf. height 10.9 10.6 11.2
28. Pedicle transv. width 5.9 7.1 9.0 10.9
29. Pedicle dorsoven. length 5.0 5.6 6.5 7.0
30. Lamina sup.-inf. height 16.1 15.4 14.0
31. Lamina transv. width 20.0 22.0 30.5
*

Parentheses indicate that the structure is incomplete and its measurement if estimated.