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"lumbar vertebrae"of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones
Definition that contains lumbar
- 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
- ruptured intervertebral disc a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region
- lumbar vertebra one of 5 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; lumbar vertebrae extend from the twelfth thoracic vertebra down to the sacral vertebrae
- femoral nerve one of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh
- vena hemizygos a continuation of the left ascending lumbar vein; crosses the midline at the 8th vertebra and empties into the azygos vein
- serratus posterior inferior a thin quadrilateral muscle at the junction of the thoracic and lumbar regions; acts to counteract the pull of the diaphragm on the ribs to which it is attached
- plexus lumbalis a plexus of nerves formed by the ventral branches of the first four lumbar nerves
- lumbar plexus a plexus of nerves formed by the ventral branches of the first four lumbar nerves
- lumbar artery 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