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Anat.a network of nerves originating in the spinal nerves of the midback region and innervating the pelvic area, the front of the legs, and part of the feet.
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lumbar plexus
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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 block — regional anesthesia of the anterior and medial aspects of the leg by injection of a local anesthetic into the lumbar plexus … Medical dictionary
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 plexus neuropathy — lumbar plexopathy … Medical dictionary
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
plexus lumbalis — 1. [TA] lumbar plexus: a plexus formed by the anterior branches of the second to fifth lumbar nerves in the psoas major muscle (the branches of the first lumbar nerve often are included). The lower division of the fourth lumbar nerve joins the… … Medical dictionary
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
plexus lumbalis — noun 1. a lymphatic plexus located along the lower portion of the aorta and iliac vessels • Syn: ↑lumbar plexus • Hypernyms: ↑plexus, ↑rete 2. a plexus of nerves formed by the ventral branches of the first four lumbar nerves • Syn: ↑lumbar plexus … Useful english dictionary
plexus sacralis — [TA] sacral plexus: a plexus that lies in front of the piriform muscle, arising from the anterior branches of the last two lumbar nerves (which form the lumbosacral trunk) and the first four sacral nerves. It has twelve named branches, five… … Medical dictionary
