title: [Clinical anatomy of lumbar spine].
abstract: Three elements contribute to the neurologic symptoms of the lumbar spine or its multiplicity from an anatomical viewpoint. The first element is the problem of neural tissue. The second element is the bone or the soft tissue existing around the circumference of the neural tissue. The third element is the correlation of the above two. In other words, the neural tissue as content is too large or the adjacent tissue as container is too narrow or else an aberration in the correlation of the aforesaid is involved. Therefore, it is necessary to study those three elements to comprehend the neurologic symptoms of the lumbar spine.
authors.affiliation: Shirakawa Kosei General Hospital.
authors.forename: Takatomo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moro
authors.forename: Shin-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Shin-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Konno
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000473:pathology*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*