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lumbar vein — noun veins that drain the posterior body wall and the lumbar vertebral venous plexuses • Syn: ↑vena lumbalis • Hypernyms: ↑vein, ↑vena, ↑venous blood vessel * * * noun : any vein of the four pairs collecting blood from the muscles and integument… … Useful english dictionary
Ascending lumbar vein — Infobox Vein Name = PAGENAME Latin = vena lumbalis ascendens GraySubject = 172 GrayPage = 667 Caption = The venæ cavæ and azygos veins, with their tributaries. DrainsFrom = lateral sacral veins DrainsTo = azygos vein, hemiazygos vein Artery =… … Wikipedia
ascending lumbar vein — n a longitudinal vein on each side that connects the lumbar veins and is frequently the origin of the azygos vein on the right side and of the hemiazygos vein on the left … Medical dictionary
lumbar vein ascending — vena lumbalis ascendens … Medical dictionary
Lumbar veins — Infobox Vein Name = PAGENAME Latin = venae lumbales GraySubject = 173 GrayPage = 678 Caption = The veins of the right half of the male pelvis. (Third lumbar labeled at center top.) DrainsFrom = DrainsTo = Inferior vena cava Artery = Lumbar… … Wikipedia
Lumbar arteries — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = arteriae lumbales GraySubject = 154 GrayPage = 612 Caption = The veins of the right half of the male pelvis. (Lumbar arteries not labeled, but third lumbar vein labeled at center top.) Caption2 = BranchFrom … Wikipedia
Vein — A blood vessel that carries blood low in oxygen content from the body back to the heart. The deoxygenated form of hemoglobin (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood makes it appear dark. Veins are part of the afferent wing of the circulatory system… … Medical dictionary
Lumbar vertebrae — Infobox Bone Name = Lumbar vertebrae Latin = GraySubject = 23 GrayPage = 104 Caption = A typical lumbar vertebra Caption2 = Vertebral column. Precursor = System = Artery = median sacral artery Vein = Nerve = Lymph = MeshName = MeshNumber =… … Wikipedia
Lumbar branch of iliolumbar artery — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = ramus lumbalis arteriae iliolumbalis GraySubject = 155 GrayPage = 621 Caption = The veins of the right half of the male pelvis. (Iliolumbar artery not labeled, but Iliolumbar vein visible at center right.)… … Wikipedia
lumbar — lum·bar || lÊŒmbÉ™(r) n. artery or vein or vertebra situated in the lumbar region adj. of the loin or loins, pertaining to the part of the body below the ribs and above the hipbones (in humans or quadruped animals) … English contemporary dictionary
