Figure 13
A box plot of mean relative length of sixth and seventh lumbar vertebrae (L6/L7) in 228 German shepherd dogs with median (horizontal line), mean (square), upper and lower quartiles (box), sample maximum (upper whisker) and sample minimum (lower whisker). Normal = normal lumbosacral junction, LTV = lumbosacral transitional vertebra of types 1–3, L8 = eighth lumbar vertebra, Type 4 = separation of S1 spinous process from the median crest of the sacrum.