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Superior lumbar triangle

trigonum lumbale superius

Weak area of the posterior abdominal wall, just below the 12th rib, higher and deeper than the inferior lumbar triangle. Above, the 12th rib; medially, the quadratus lumborum; laterally, the posterior border of the internal oblique of the abdomen.

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