arteria lumbalis

1. 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

   Synonymslumbar artery

   Broaderartery

Questions about arteria lumbalis

What does arteria lumbalis mean?

arteria lumbalis means "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".

What is another word for arteria lumbalis?

Close synonyms include lumbar artery. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arteria lumbalis a common word?

arteria lumbalis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.