APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Lordosis develops if your spine curves too much and pushes your posture out of its usual alignment. You might see lordosis that affects your lumbar spine called swayback. Remember, lordosis is normal in the cervical and lumbar spine.

Detailed explanation-2: -Postural Lordosis When the stomach and back muscles are weak, they cannot support the spine and the pull from the weight causes the spine to curve forward.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lordosis is the inward curve of the lumbar spine (just above the buttocks). A small degree of lordosis is normal. Too much curving is called swayback.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kyphosis. Kyphosis is an abnormal forward rounding (more than 50 degrees of curvature) of the spine. In the upper (thoracic) back, kyphosis is commonly due to osteoporotic compression fractures. It can also occur in the lower (lumbar) spine.

Detailed explanation-5: -Lordosis refers to an exaggerated inward curve of the spine. Some people call the condition swayback. Lordosis most often occurs in the lower back, in which case health experts refer to it as lumbar lordosis. If it occurs in the neck, the medical name for it is cervical lordosis.