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anterior crural nerve ThesaurusNoun | 1. anterior crural nerve - one of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thighfemoral nerve, nervus femoralisthigh - the part of the leg between the hip and the kneenervus spinalis, spinal nerve - any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal) | EncyclopediaSeefemoral nerveanterior crural nerve
fem·o·ral nerve [TA] arises as a branch of the lumbar plexus, conveying fibers from the second, third, and fourth lumbar nerves through the substance of the psoas muscle and enters the thigh via the retroinguinal muscular space posterior to the inguinal ligament, lateral to the femoral vessels; it arborizes within the femoral triangle into muscle branches to the sartorius, pectineus, and quadriceps muscles and anterior femoral cutaneous branches to the skin of the anterior and medial region of the thigh; its terminal branch is the saphenous nerve by which it supplies the skin of the medial leg and foot. Synonym(s): nervus femoralis [TA], anterior crural nerveanterior crural nerve
Synonyms for anterior crural nervenoun one of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thighSynonyms- femoral nerve
- nervus femoralis
Related Words- thigh
- nervus spinalis
- spinal nerve
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