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The femoral nerve is a nerve in the thigh that supplies skin on the upper thigh and inner leg, and the muscles that extend the knee. ... Cross section image: ...
Image of femoral nerve and its innervations of muscles . The femoral nerve is the largest nerve of the lumbar plexus. [3] It is located in the pelvis, and travels down at the front of the leg. [3] The nerve has several branches given its origin from the lumbar spine, down the pelvis and further into the lower spine. [3]
The intermediate cutaneous nerve (middle cutaneous nerve) pierces the fascia lata (and generally the sartorius) about 7.5 cm below the inguinal ligament, and divides into two branches which descend in immediate proximity along the forepart of the thigh, to supply the skin as low as the front of the knee.
The lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh may have multiple branches. [1] Its position with relation to the ASIS can be very variable. [3] It may partially pass through sartorius muscle rather than over its surface. [1] It may be absent, and the sensory supply replaced by branches of the femoral nerve and the ilioinguinal nerve. [1]
The saphenous nerve (long or internal saphenous nerve) is the largest cutaneous branch of the femoral nerve. It is derived from the lumbar plexus (L3-L4). It is a strictly sensory nerve, and has no motor function. It commences in the proximal (upper) thigh and travels along the adductor canal.
The femoral nerve is the largest and longest of the plexus' nerves. It gives motor innervation to iliopsoas , pectineus , sartorius , and quadriceps femoris ; and sensory innervation to the anterior thigh, posterior lower leg, and hindfoot.
Cutaneous innervation of the lower limbs is the nerve supply to areas of the skin of the lower limbs (including the feet) which are supplied by specific cutaneous nerves. Modern texts are in agreement about which areas of the skin are served by which nerves , but there are minor variations in some of the details.
In the thigh, the nerve lies in a groove between iliacus muscle and psoas major muscles, outside the femoral sheath, and lateral to the femoral artery. After a short course of about 4 cm in the thigh, the nerve is divided into anterior and posterior divisions, separated by lateral femoral circumflex artery. [2] Nerve to pectineus - This nerve ...