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Definition of Lumbar plexus

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 Lumbar plexus

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 Lumbar Plexus

lumbar enlargement of spinal cord lumbar flexure lumbar ganglia lumbar hernia lumbar iliocostal muscle lumbar interspinal muscle lumbar interspinales muscles lumbar laminectomy lumbar lymph nodes lumbar nephrectomy

lumbar nerve lumbar nerves lumbar pain lumbar part of diaphragm lumbar part of spinal cord lumbar plexus (current term) lumbar puncture lumbar puncture needle lumbar punctures lumbar quadrate muscle

lumbar radiculopathy lumbar region lumbar rheumatism lumbar rib lumbar rotator muscles lumbar segments of spinal cord lumbar splanchnic nerves lumbar triangle lumbar trunks lumbar vein

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