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saphenous nerve
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | saphenous nerve - a branch of the femoral nerve that supplies cutaneous branches to the inner aspect of the leg and footnervus saphenusnerve, nervus - any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the bodyleg - a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle |
saphenous nerve
saphenous nerve[sə′fē·nəs ‚nərv] (neuroscience) A somatic sensory nerve arising from the femoral nerve and innervating the skin of the medial aspect of the leg, foot, and knee joint. saphenous nerve
sa·phe·nous nerve [TA] a branch of the femoral, extending from the femoral triangle to the foot, becoming subcutaneous on the medial side of the knee; it supplies cutaneous branches to the skin of the leg and foot, by way of infrapatellar and medial crural branches. Synonym(s): nervus saphenus [TA], internal saphenous nerve, long saphenous nervesa·phe·nous nerve (să-fē'nŭs nĕrv) [TA] A branch of the femoral, extending from the femoral triangle to the foot, becoming subcutaneous on the medial side of the knee; it supplies cutaneous branches to the skin of the leg and foot, by way of infrapatellar and medial crural branches.
Synonym(s): nervus saphenus [TA] . saphenous nerve
Related to saphenous nerve: sural nerve, saphenous nerve blockSynonyms for saphenous nervenoun a branch of the femoral nerve that supplies cutaneous branches to the inner aspect of the leg and footSynonymsRelated Words |