Iliohypogastric nerve


iliohypogastric nerve il·i·o·hy·po·gas·tric nerve (ĭl’ē-ō-hī’pə-gās’trĭk)
n.
A nerve that arises from the first lumbar nerve and supplies the abdominal muscles and the skin of the lower part of the anterior abdominal wall.

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