Flank (anatomy)
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Flank | |
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![]() Surface lines of the front of the thorax and abdomen. (Latus labeled as "lumbar".) | |
Details | |
Identifiers | |
Latin | regio lateralis |
TA98 | A01.2.04.004 |
TA2 | 259 |
FMA | 14603 |
Anatomical terminology |
The flank or latus is the side of the body between the rib cage and the iliac bone of the hip (below the rib cage and above the ilium).[1]
It is sometimes called the lumbar region.
References
[edit]- ^ Alberts, Daniel Albert; et al. (2012). Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary (32nd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Saunders/Elsevier. p. 714. ISBN 978-1-4160-6257-8.