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Noun: lumbar artery
  1. One of four or five pairs of arteries that originate in the abdominal aorta and supply the lumbar vertebrae and the back muscles and abdominal wall
    - arteria lumbalis

Derived forms: lumbar arteries

Type of: arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery

Encyclopedia: Lumbar artery