lumbar nerves
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Lumbar nerves — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = nervi lumbales GraySubject = 209 GrayPage = 924 Caption = Areas of distribution of the cutaneous branches of the posterior divisions of the spinal nerves. The areas of the medial branches are in black, those… … Wikipedia
Posterior branches of the lumbar nerves — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = rami posteriores nervorum lumbalium GraySubject = 209 GrayPage = 924 Caption = Diagram of the distribution of the cutaneous branches of the posterior divisions of the spinal nerves. Caption2 = Innervates =… … Wikipedia
lumbar plexus — n a plexus embedded in the psoas major and formed by the anterior or ventral divisions of the four upper lumbar nerves of which the first is usu. supplemented by a communication from the twelfth thoracic nerve … Medical dictionary
Lumbar plexus — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = plexus lumbalis GraySubject = 212 GrayPage = 949 Caption = Plan of lumbar plexus. Caption2 = The lumbar plexus and its branches. Innervates = BranchFrom = L1 L4 BranchTo = MeshName = Lumbosacral+Plexus… … Wikipedia
lumbar plexus — noun 1. a lymphatic plexus located along the lower portion of the aorta and iliac vessels • Syn: ↑plexus lumbalis • Hypernyms: ↑plexus, ↑rete 2. a plexus of nerves formed by the ventral branches of the first four lumbar nerves • Syn: ↑plexus… … Useful english dictionary
Lumbar — Referring to the 5 lumbar vertebrae which are situated below the thoracic vertebrae and above the sacral vertebrae in the spinal column. The 5 lumbar vertebrae are represented by the symbols L1 through L5. There are correspondingly 5 lumbar… … Medical dictionary
Lumbar puncture — Intervention A patient undergoes a lumbar puncture at the hands of a neurologist. The reddish brown swirls on the patient s back are tincture of iodine (an antiseptic). ICD 9 CM … Wikipedia
lumbar nerve — n any nerve of the five pairs of spinal nerves of the lumbar region of which one on each side passes out below each lumbar vertebra and the upper four unite by connecting branches into a lumbar plexus … Medical dictionary
lumbar — [lum′bär΄, lum′bər] adj. [ModL lumbaris < L lumbus, loin < IE * londhwos < base * lendh > OE lendenu, loins] of or near the loins; specif., designating or of the vertebrae, nerves, arteries, etc. in the part of the back just below the … English World dictionary
Lumbar spinal nerve 1 — The lumbar spinal nerve 1 (L1) is a spinal nerve of the lumbar segment. [ [http://www.ama assn.org/ama/pub/category/7173.html American Medical Association] Nervous System Groups of Nerves] .It originates from the spinal column from below the… … Wikipedia
