| lumbar rib | An occasional rib articulating with the transverse process of the first lumbar vertebra. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| lumbar rotator muscles | The rotator muscles of the lumbar vertebrae. Synonym: musculi rotatores lumborum, lumbar rotator muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbar segments of spinal cord | The five lumbar segments of the spinal cord which give rise to the five pairs of lumbar spinal nerves and constitute the lumbar part of the spinal cord. Synonym: segmenta medullae spinalis lumbaria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbar splanchnic nerves | Branches from the lumbar sympathetic trunks that pass anteriorly to convey presynaptic sympathetic fibres to, and visceral afferents from, the coeliac, intermesenteric, aortic, and superior hypogastric plexuses. Synonym: nervi splanchnici lumbales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| lumbar trunks | Two lymphatic ducts conveying lymph from the lower limbs, pelvic viscera and walls, large intestine, kidneys, and suprarenal glands; they discharge into the cisterna chyli. Synonym: trunci lumbales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbar veins | Five in number, these veins accompany the lumbar arteries, drain the posterior body wall and the lumbar vertebral venous plexuses, and terminate anteriorly as follows: the first and second in the ascending lumbar vein, the third and fourth in the inferior vena cava, and the fifth in the iliolumbar vein; all communicate via the ascending lumbar veins. Synonym: venae lumbales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbar vertebrae | The vertebrae, usually five in number, located in the lumbar region of the back. Synonym: vertebrae lumbales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbarization | A congenital anomaly of the lumbosacral junction characterised by development of the first sacral vertebra as a lumbar vertebra; there are six lumbar vertebrae instead of five. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumberer | One employed in lumbering, cutting, and getting logs from the forest for lumber; a lumberman. "Lumberers have a notion that he (the woodpecker) is harmful to timber." (Lowell) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lumberman's itch | A recurrent eczema appearing with the advent of cold weather. Synonym: frost itch, lumberman's itch, pruritus hiemalis, winter itch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbi | Plural of lumbus. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbo-ovarian | Relating to the ovary and the lumbar regions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumboabdominal | Relating to the sides and front of the abdomen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbocolostomy | An obsolete term for formation of a permanent opening into the colon via an incision through the lumbar region. Origin: L. Lumbus, loin, + G. Kolon, colon, + stoma, mouth (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbar plexus |
a lymphatic plexus located along the lower portion of the aorta and iliac vessels a plexus of nerves formed by the ventral branches of the first four lumbar nerves
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| lumbar epidural anesthesia |
anesthesia produced by injection of the anesthetic agent into the epidural space at the second or third lumbar interspace.
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| lumbar plexus block |
regional anesthesia of the anterior and medial aspects of the leg by injection of a local anesthetic into the lumbar plexus.
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| lumbar flexure |
the ventral curvature of the back in the lumbar region.
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| lumbar puncture |
A procedure in which a needle is put into the lower part of the spinal column to collect cerebrospinal fluid or to give anticancer drugs intrathecally. Also called a spinal tap.
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| lumb | either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds |
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