Lexicographical Neighbors of Lumbars
Literary usage of Lumbars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868)
"The caudal vertebrae longer than broad, lumbars and caudals with flat ... of some
of the lumbars and of the caudals narrow and spinous, and not perforate; ..."
2. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1886)
"The 1st and 2nd lumbars in both skeletons were thicker behind than in front. ...
In both skeletons both the 4th and 5th lumbars were thicker in front than ..."
3. Revision of the Pelycosauria of North America by Ermine Cowles Case (1907)
"The lumbars are distinguished by the presence of the capitular facet on the side
of the anterior articular edge. Between the last dorsal and the first ..."
4. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1872)
"There are two anterior dorsals, three lumbars, and one candal. The articular
faces of the dorsals are broad vertical ovals. ..."
5. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"These vertebrae are to be defined by the fact that they carry ribs, and the first
one or two lumbars are often "converted into" dorsals by the appearance of ..."
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