Definition of Lumbar vein

1. Noun. Veins that drain the posterior body wall and the lumbar vertebral venous plexuses.

Exact synonyms: Vena Lumbalis
Generic synonyms: Vein, Vena, Venous Blood Vessel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lumbar Vein

lumbar part of spinal cord
lumbar plexus
lumbar puncture
lumbar puncture needle
lumbar punctures
lumbar quadrate muscle
lumbar radiculopathy
lumbar region
lumbar rheumatism
lumbar rib
lumbar rotator muscles
lumbar segments of spinal cord
lumbar splanchnic nerves
lumbar triangle
lumbar trunks
lumbar vein (current term)
lumbar veins
lumbar vertebra
lumbar vertebrae
lumbars
lumber
lumber jacket
lumber room
lumber yard
lumber yards
lumbered
lumberer
lumberers
lumbering

Literary usage of Lumbar vein

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1900)
"1.4 1, first left lumbar vein ; ld 2, second left lumbar vein ; 1.4 8, 1.4 4, third and fourth left lumbar veins. the kidney, this organ presented no ..."

2. An Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy by Joseph Leidy (1889)
"In front of the transverse process they are united by longitudinal branche-, together forming, on each side, the ascending lumbar vein,' which ..."

3. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"The azygos vein (OT vena azygos major) takes origin usually in the right ascending lumbar vein (p. 555). It will be found in the interval between the right ..."

4. Textbook of Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1905)
"The vena azygos minor inferior (v. hemi-azygos) commences in the epigastric region. At its origin it is connected either with the left ascending lumbar vein ..."

5. Practical Anatomy: An Exposition of the Facts of Gross Anatomy from the by John Clement Heisler (1920)
"The azygos vein or vena azygos major should be sought at its origin, just below the diaphragm, as the upward continuation of the right ascending lumbar vein ..."

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