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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
    "The lumbar artery was visualized on the angiogram to assess for potential sources of lower back pain";
    - arteria lumbalis

Derived forms: lumbar arteries

Type of: arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery

Encyclopedia: Lumbar artery