Medical Dictionary

lumbar plexus

noun

Medical Definition of LUMBAR PLEXUS

:  a plexus embedded in the psoas major and formed by the anterior or ventral divisions of the four upper lumbar nerves of which the first is usually supplemented by a communication from the twelfth thoracic nerve

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