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Definition of Plexus lumbalis

1. Noun. A lymphatic plexus located along the lower portion of the aorta and iliac vessels.

2. Noun. A plexus of nerves formed by the ventral branches of the first four lumbar nerves.

Medical Definition of Plexus lumbalis

1. A nervous plexus, formed by the ventral rami of the first four lumbar nerves; it lies in the substance of the psoas muscle, a lymphatic plexus formed of about twenty lymph nodes and connecting vessels situated along the lower portion of the aorta and the common iliac vessels. Synonym: plexus lumbalis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plexus Lumbalis

plexus gangliosus ciliaris plexus gastrici systematis autonomici plexus gulae plexus hepaticus plexus hypogastricus plexus hypogastricus inferior plexus hypogastricus superior plexus iliaci plexus iliacus externus plexus inguinalis

plexus intermesentericus plexus intraparotideus plexus jugularis plexus lienalis plexus lingualis plexus lumbalis (current term) plexus lumbosacralis plexus lymphaticus plexus mammarius plexus mammarius internus

plexus maxillaris externus plexus maxillaris internus plexus meningeus plexus mesentericus plexus mesentericus inferior plexus mesentericus superior plexus myentericus plexus nervorum spinalium plexus nervosus plexus occipitalis

Literary usage of Plexus lumbalis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Nervous System and Its Constituent Neurones: Designed for the Use of by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1899)
"187) can be subdivided into (1) the plexus lumbalis, (2) the plexus sacralis, ... The plexus lumbalis is composed of the ventral rami derived from the mixed ..."

2. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"plexus lumbalis.—The lumbar plexus is placed in front of the transverse processes of the lumbar vertebrae, in the substance of the psoas major. ..."

3. A Laboratory Manual of Human Anatomy by Lewellys Franklin Barker, Dean De Witt Lewis, Daniel Graisberry Revell (1904)
"What are the rami communicantes, and in what relation do they stand to the spinal nerves! Lumbar Plexus (plexus lumbalis). (Figs. 272 and 273. ..."

4. The Nervous System and Its Constituent Neurones: Designed for the Use of by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1899)
"187) can be subdivided into (1) the plexus lumbalis, (2) the plexus sacralis, ... The plexus lumbalis is composed of the ventral rami derived from the mixed ..."

5. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"plexus lumbalis.—The lumbar plexus is placed in front of the transverse processes of the lumbar vertebrae, in the substance of the psoas major. ..."

6. A Laboratory Manual of Human Anatomy by Lewellys Franklin Barker, Dean De Witt Lewis, Daniel Graisberry Revell (1904)
"What are the rami communicantes, and in what relation do they stand to the spinal nerves! Lumbar Plexus (plexus lumbalis). (Figs. 272 and 273. ..."

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