| ALV | Abelson leukemia virus; adeno-like virus; alveolar, alveolus; ascending lumbar vein; avian leukosis ... |
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| CLE | centrilobular emphysema; continuous lumbar epidural [anesthesia] |
| CTL | cervico-thoraco-lumbar; control; cytolytic C lymphocyte; cytotoxic T-lymphocyte |
| DRL | dorsal root, lumbar; drug-related lupus |
| FALP | fluoro-assisted lumbar puncture |
| focal appendicitis | Acute appendicitis involving only part of the appendix, sometimes at the site of, or distal to, an obstruction of the lumen. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| foreign-body appendicitis | Appendicitis caused by obstruction of the lumen of the appendix by a foreign substance, such as a particulate foreign body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left-sided appendicitis | Appendicitis occurring on the left side of the abdomen, usually the left-lower quadrant, due to abnormal rotation of the gut (such as situs inversus). (05 Mar 2000) |
| ascending lumbar vein | <anatomy, vein> Paired, vertical vein of the posterior abdominal wall, adjacent and parallel to the vertebral column, posterior to the origin of the psoas major muscle; it connects the common iliac, iliolumbar, and lumbar veins in the paravertebral line, the right vein joining the right subcostal vein to form the azygos vein, the left vein uniting with the left subcostal vein to form the hemiazygos vein. Synonym: vena lumbalis ascendens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ventral primary rami of lumbar spinal nerves | See: ventral primary ramus of spinal nerve. Synonym: rami ventrales nervorum lumbalium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial lumbar intertransversarii muscles | Origin, accessory and mamillary processes of lumbar vertebrae; insertion, corresponding processes of next superior vertebra; action, abducts lumbar vertebrae; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of lumbar spinal nerves. Synonym: musculi intertransversarii mediales lumborum, medial lumbar intertransverse muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial lumbar intertransverse muscles | Origin, accessory and mamillary processes of lumbar vertebrae; insertion, corresponding processes of next superior vertebra; action, abducts lumbar vertebrae; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of lumbar spinal nerves. Synonym: musculi intertransversarii mediales lumborum, medial lumbar intertransverse muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right lumbar lymph nodes | The chain of lymph nodes associated with the inferior vena cava; it is divided into three groups: nodi lymphatici cavales laterales on the right of the inferior vena cava; nodi lymphatici precavales, in front of the inferior vena cava; nodi lymphatici postcavales, under nodus lymphaticus, behind the inferior vena cava. Synonym: nodi lymphatici lumbales dextri, lumbar lymph nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Petit's lumbar triangle | An area in the posterior abdominal wall bounded by the edges of the latissimus dorsi and external oblique muscles and the iliac crest; herniations occasionally occur here. Synonym: trigonum lumbale, Petit's lumbar triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorsal branch of the lumbar artery | <anatomy, artery> Terminal branch (with ventral branch) of the 4-5 lumbar arteries, distributed to lumbar portion of back, posterior vertebral column, and spinal cord and environs. Synonym: ramus dorsalis arteriae lumbalium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intermediate lumbar lymph nodes | The chain of lymph nodes located between the aorta and the inferior vena cava. Synonym: nodi lymphatici lumbales intermedii, lumbar lymph nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral lumbar intertransversarii muscles | Origin, transverse processes of lumbar vertebrae; insertion, next superior transverse process; action, abducts lumbar vertebrae; nerve supply, ventral branches of lumbar nerves. Synonym: musculi intertransversarii laterales lumborum, lateral lumbar intertransverse muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral lumbar intertransverse muscles | Origin, transverse processes of lumbar vertebrae; insertion, next superior transverse process; action, abducts lumbar vertebrae; nerve supply, ventral branches of lumbar nerves. Synonym: musculi intertransversarii laterales lumborum, lateral lumbar intertransverse muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fourth lumbar nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The ventral branch of the nerve is forked to enter into the formation of both lumbar and sacral plexuses. Synonym: furcal nerve, nervus furcalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left lumbar lymph nodes | The chain of lymph nodes associated with the aorta in the abdomen; it is divided into three groups: lateral aortic lymph nodes on the left of the aorta; pre-aortic lymph nodes in front of the aorta; post-aortic lymph nodes, behind the aorta. Synonym: nodi lymphatici lumbales sinistri, lumbar lymph nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |