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Which vertebral-body feature is characteristic of a typical lumbar vertebra when viewed from above?
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Heart-shaped body with costal demifacets
2
Kidney-shaped body wider transversely than anteroposteriorly.
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Small rectangular body with uncinate processes
4
Ring-shaped vertebra lacking a vertebral body
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Dens projecting superiorly from the vertebral body
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