lumbar plexus

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noun

Anatomy.

1. 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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Example Sentences

How many nerves from the lumbar plexus, and where do they ramify?

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Czerny observed a case in which the tumor involved the lumbar plexus.

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This is doubtless due to the pressure of an enlarged ascending or descending colon upon some of the lumbar plexus nerves, or their branches.

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