Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lumbar_plexus

2 senses of lumbar plexus

Sense 1
lumbar plexus, plexus lumbalis -- (a lymphatic plexus located along the lower portion of the aorta and iliac vessels)
       => plexus, rete -- (a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels)

Sense 2
lumbar plexus, plexus lumbalis -- (a plexus of nerves formed by the ventral branches of the first four lumbar nerves)
       => nerve plexus -- (a network of intersecting nerves)