See Also: venae lumbales(medicine)
vertebrae lumbales(medicine)
trunci lumbales(medicine)
nervi lumbales(medicine)
arteriae lumbales imae(medicine)
nervi splanchnici lumbales(medicine)
nodi lymphatici lumbales sinistri(medicine)
nodi lymphatici lumbales dextri(medicine)
nodi lymphatici lumbales intermedii(medicine)
venae cavae(medicine)

Tunica (iou) and venae lumbales (medicine)


Tunica (iou)



Tunica noun2 & adjective. Also Tonika. E18.
[French Tonika, Tounika, perh. from Tunica toniku the man.]
A. noun. Pl. same, -s.
A member of a N. American Indian people of the lower Mississippi valley. E18.
The language (now extinct) of this people. E20.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of or pertaining to the Tunica or their language. L18.
Tunican noun a postulated language family having Tunica as the chief member E20.

venae lumbales (medicine)


venae lumbales -->
lumbar veins


Five in number, these veins accompany the lumbar arteries, drain the posterior body wall and the lumbar vertebral venous plexuses, and terminate anteriorly as follows: the first and second in the ascending lumbar vein, the third and fourth in the inferior vena cava, and the fifth in the iliolumbar vein; all communicate via the ascending lumbar veins.

Synonym: venae lumbales.