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femoral nerve ThesaurusNoun | 1. | femoral nerve - one of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thighanterior crural 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) |
femoral nerve
femoral nerve[¦fem·ə·rəl ′nərv] (neuroscience) A mixed nerve of the leg; the motor portion innervates muscles of the thigh, and the sensory portion innervates portions of the skin of the thigh, leg, hip, and knee. femoral nerve Related to femoral nerve: sciatic nerve, saphenous nerve, obturator nerveSynonyms for femoral 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- anterior crural nerve
- nervus femoralis
Related Words- thigh
- nervus spinalis
- spinal nerve
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