flank (anatomy)

{{Short description|Side of the body between the rib cage and the hip}}

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| Name = Flank

| Latin = regio lateralis

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| Caption = Surface lines of the front of the thorax and abdomen. (Latus labeled as "lumbar".)

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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).{{cite book|last1=Alberts|first1=Daniel Albert|title=Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary.|date=2012|publisher=Saunders/Elsevier|location=Philadelphia, PA|isbn=978-1-4160-6257-8|page=714|edition=32nd|display-authors=etal}}

It is sometimes called the lumbar region.