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Main Entry: lumbar artery
Function: noun
: any artery of the usually four or occas. five pairs that arise at the level of the lumbar vertebrae from the back of the aortaor in the case of the fifth pair from an artery arising from the aorta and that supply the muscles of the loins, the skin of the sides of the abdomen, and the spinal cord
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lumbar artery n.
- Any of four or five pairs of arteries with origin in the abdominal aorta, with distribution to the lumbar vertebrae, muscles of the back, and the abdominal wall, and with anastomoses to the intercostal, subcostal, superior and inferior epigastric, deep circumflex iliac, and iliolumbar arteries.
- An artery with origin in the median sacral artery, with distribution to the sacrum and iliac muscle, and with anastomosis to the iliac artery; lowest lumbar artery.
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