Anatomical Variations of Lumbar Arteries and Their Clinical Implications: A Cadaveric Study

Table 1

Anatomical features of all five lumbar arteries (𝑛=109).

Artery	Arteries Present		Arose from a Common Stem		Passed Anterior to Right crus		Passed Anterior to Left crus
	No	%	No	%	No	%	No	%
1st	108	99	1	1	8	7	0	0
2nd	108	99	2	2	9	8	0	0
3rd	107	98	3	3	93	87	—	—
4th	91	83	10	11	—	—	—	—
5th	1	1	1	100	—	—	—	—

No—indicates the number of cadavers exhibiting the particular feature.