Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 19, 2024
Preferred Name

lordosis
Synonyms
Definitions

The anterior concavity in the curvature of the lumbar and cervical spine as viewed from the side. The term usually refers to abnormally increased curvature (hollow back, saddle back, swayback). It does not include lordosis as normal mating posture in certain animals ( = posture + sex behavior, animal). [MeSH]

ID

http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID4761

Anatomical_Site

http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID34571

http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID34573

Definition

The anterior concavity in the curvature of the lumbar and cervical spine as viewed from the side. The term usually refers to abnormally increased curvature (hollow back, saddle back, swayback). It does not include lordosis as normal mating posture in certain animals ( = posture + sex behavior, animal). [MeSH]

label

RID4761

Preferred_name

lordosis

prefixIRI

RID1:RID4761

prefLabel

lordosis

UMLS_ID

C0024003

subClassOf

http://www.radlex.org/RID/RID4754

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