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Definitions of lumbar
  1. of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones
    "lumbar vertebrae"
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  • lumbago backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back; can be caused by muscle strain or arthritis or vascular insufficiency or a ruptured intervertebral disc
  • sacrum wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx
  • lumbar vein veins that drain the posterior body wall and the lumbar vertebral venous plexuses
  • dorsal vertebra one of 12 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; thoracic vertebrae extend from the seventh cervical vertebra down to the first lumbar vertebra
  • spinal tap removal by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
  • nervus femoralis one of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh
  • herniated disc a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region
  • lumbar pain backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back; can be caused by muscle strain or arthritis or vascular insufficiency or a ruptured intervertebral disc
  • arteria lumbalis one of four or five pairs of arteries that originate in the abdominal aorta and supply the lumbar vertebrae and the back muscles and abdominal wall
  • vena lumbalis veins that drain the posterior body wall and the lumbar vertebral venous plexuses
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