Definition: 'Secondary Curvatures Of Vertebral Column'
secondary curvatures of vertebral column
Type: Term
Definitions:
1. ventrally convex curves of the vertebral column that develop postnatally in the cervical and lumbar regions: the cervical and lumbar lordoses.
Synonyms:
curvaturae secondariae columnae vertebralis
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