CRURAL PLEXUS
\kɹˈʊ͡əɹə͡l plˈɛksəs], \kɹˈʊəɹəl plˈɛksəs], \k_ɹ_ˈʊə_ɹ_əl p_l_ˈɛ_k_s_ə_s]\
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Of Chaussier is the union of the anterior branches of the last four pairs of lumbar nerves, and the first four sacral forming the lumbar and sacral plexuses of most anatomists.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.