Human back

Human back
Female human back (left), male human back (right)
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Identifiers
Latindorsum
MeSHD001415
TA98A01.1.00.018
A01.2.05.001
TA2135
FMA14181
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.

  1. ^ Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (32nd ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders/Elsevier. 2012. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-4160-6257-8.