lumbar

  • 31lumbar artery — n any artery of the usu. four or occas. five pairs that arise at the level of the lumbar vertebrae from the back of the aorta or in the case of the fifth pair from an artery arising from the aorta and that supply the muscles of the loins, the… …

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  • 32lumbar ganglion — n any of the small ganglia of the lumbar part of the sympathetic nervous system …

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  • 33lumbar plexus — n a plexus embedded in the psoas major and formed by the anterior or ventral divisions of the four upper lumbar nerves of which the first is usu. supplemented by a communication from the twelfth thoracic nerve …

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  • 34lumbar vein — n any vein of the four pairs collecting blood from the muscles and integument of the loins, the walls of the abdomen, and adjacent parts and emptying into the dorsal part of the inferior vena cava see ASCENDING LUMBAR VEIN …

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  • 35lumbar, región — anat. Región dorsal del tronco situada entre la región torácica y la sacra, limitada por la parte superior por las últimas costillas, por la parte inferior por las crestas ilíacas y lateralmente por una línea vertical imaginaria trazada a través… …

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  • 36lumbar vertebra — n any of the vertebrae situated between the thoracic vertebrae above and the sacrum below that in humans are five in number …

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  • 37lumbar arteries fifth — lumbar arteries, lowest arteriae lumbales imae …

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  • 38lumbar plexus neuropathy — lumbar plexopathy …

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  • 39lumbar puncture — noun count a medical treatment or test in which a needle is used to INJECT medicine or take liquid from your SPINE …

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  • 40Lumbar vertebrae — Infobox Bone Name = Lumbar vertebrae Latin = GraySubject = 23 GrayPage = 104 Caption = A typical lumbar vertebra Caption2 = Vertebral column. Precursor = System = Artery = median sacral artery Vein = Nerve = Lymph = MeshName = MeshNumber =… …

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