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The Lumbar plexus includes four nerves located in the upper and mid leg: The obturator, the femoral, muscular branches of the femoral, and the saphenous.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The large opening in the anteroinferior hip bone between the ischium and pubis is the obturator foramen.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

In adolescents and adults, if the cleft is wide and the soft tissues of the palate are thin and atrophied, better physiological results may be obtained by the use of an artificial obturator or velum.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

Many curious forms of obturator or artificial palate are employed to remedy congenital defects.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

This opening communicated with the nasal fossa by a fracture of the palatine and maxillary bones; the employment of an obturator was necessary.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)