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Latus (anatomy)

Flank
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Surface lines of the front of the thorax and abdomen. (Latus labeled as "lumbar".)
Details
Identifiers
Latin regio lateralis
Dorlands
/Elsevier
l_04/12479185
TA A01.2.04.004
Anatomical terminology
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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).

In some contexts, it is sometimes called the lumbar region.



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