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Human back
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| Human back | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Female human back (left), male human back (right) | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | dorsum |
| MeSH | D001415 |
| TA98 | A01.1.00.018 A01.2.05.001 |
| TA2 | 135 |
| FMA | 14181 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The human back, also called the dorsum (pl.: dorsa), is the large posterior area of the human body, rising from the top of the buttocks to the back of the neck.[1] It is the surface of the body opposite from the chest and the abdomen. The vertebral column runs the length of the back and creates a central area of recession. The breadth of the back is created by the shoulders at the top and the pelvis at the bottom.
Back pain is a common medical condition, generally benign in origin.
- ^ Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (32nd ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders/Elsevier. 2012. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-4160-6257-8.
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