Search
lumbar artery
One of 4-5 pairs of arteries
Origin: abdominal aorta
Distribution:
1) lumbar vertebrae
2) muscles of back
3) abdominal wall
Anastomoses:
1) intercostal arteries
2) subcostal arteries
3) superior epigastric artery
4) inferior epigastric artery
5) deep circumflex iliac artery
6) iliolumbar artery
Related
lumbar artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: lumbar artery
ORIGIN: aorta
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium