Symptoms & Signs. There are many causes of pain in the back. Symptoms in the low back can be a result of problems in the bony lumbar spine, discs between the vertebrae, ligaments around the spine and discs, spinal cord and nerves, muscles of the low back, internal organs of the pelvis and abdomen, and the skin covering the lumbar area.
verb (used with object), scrutinized, scrutinizing. 1. to examine in detail with careful or critical attention. verb (used without object), scrutinized, scrutinizing. 2. to conduct a scrutiny.
As a verb, critique means to review or examine something critically. As a noun, a critique is that review or examination, like an art essay or a book report. The French version of this word is spelled the same (meaning the art of criticism) and came from the Greek kritike tekhne (the critical art).