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The Skeleton and The Spine as Medical Illustrations

The skeleton is the rigid framework that provides structure as well as protecting the internal organs. The average human skeleton has around 206 bones. As a medical artist, a strong understanding of the skeletal system is vital to being able to produce accurate and anatomically correct medical illustrations.

The artworks below were for a patient information poster, on the issue of back pain, in particular the lumbar region. The illustrations were created to be at least 12inches high, to fit on a large poster, to be sold along with anatomical models of the spine, ready to be used as a teaching aid by doctors and physicians in Canada.

Illustration of the skeleton highlighting lower lumbar pain

Illustration of the skeleton highlighting lower lumbar pain

Human skeleton lateral view

View of the full human skeleton lateral view

Medical illustration of the skull with spine

Illustration showing just the skull with spine

 
Lower lumbar nerves

Digital illustration with the focus on the lower lumbar nerves

Lower back nerve diagram

Medical illustration with the focus on the lower lumbar nerves

Lower back pain illustration showing patient discomfort

Trapped lumbar nerves causing pain and discomfort

 
lumbar vertebrae L4 and L5 with spinal cord under compression

Lumbar vertebrae L4 and L5

bone degeneration of vertebrae L4 and L5 with spinal cord showing

Lumbar vertebrae L4 and L5

 
normal anatomy of lumbar vertebrae L4 and L5 with relating muscles

Lumbar vertebrae L4 and L5 and

Compression of muscles relating to L4 and L5 vertebrae

Illustration of the lumbar vertebrae

L4 and L5 vertebrae with bone degeneration

Illustration of the lumbar vertebrae

 
adhesions pulling the sphenoid bone out of place which is found below the skull

Illustration of adhesions pulling the sphenoid bone out of place

The spine and location of the dura

Medical illustration of the spine and location of the dura

Adhesions pulling the pelvis out of position with in the body

Adhesions pulling the pelvis out of position with in the body