A student nurse is reviewing the documentation about a client's past history of spine abnormalities. The medical history identifies that surgery has occurred in the lumbar vertebrae
Based on this information, the student nurse would correctly identify the location of a scar in which region when collecting data? A) Neck
B) Anterior and posterior chest
C) Small of the back
D) Pelvis
C
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The top seven vertebrae (in the neck) are called cervical vertebrae. Directly below the cervical vertebrae are 12 thoracic vertebrae, to which the ribs are attached. The next five vertebrae are the lumbar vertebrae. They are located in the small of the back. In adults, the sacral vertebrae are fused together, (the sacrum), which anchors the pelvis.
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