AUTHOR(S): Sonu Tyagi, Sudha Chhabra and Ravi Kant Narayan

ABSTRACT:Pedicles form an important part of lumbar spine. They help in transmission of weight in lumbar spine. The Present study is done on 30 adult human lumbar vertebrae. 23 skeletons are of males & 7 are of females. Sliding Digital Vernier Caliper is used to measure height and width of Lumbar pedicles. Analysis showed positive correlation in width of levels and the width being maximum at L5. The height of lumbar pedicles showed negative correlation from L3 to L5 levels.

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