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Lumbar spine MRI
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Image courtesy of Intermountain Medical Imaging, Boise, Idaho. All rights reserved.
A side view of the lumbar spine shows normal discs, spinal canal, and nerve roots (see figure 1). Nerve roots normally float in the fluid-filled canal. Figure 2 shows a small herniated disc pushing into the canal toward nerve roots.
Last Updated:
February 3, 2010- Medical Review:
- William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine
Robert B. Keller, MD - Orthopedics
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