Anatomy

Femoral Nerve

A nerve originating in the lumbar spinal cord (usually L2 to L4) and traveling through the lumbar plexus to provide motor innervation to extensors of the thigh and sensory innervation to parts of the thigh, lower leg, and foot, and to the hip and knee joints.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

A nerve originating in the lumbar spinal cord (usually L2 to L4) and traveling through the lumbar plexus to provide motor innervation to extensors of the thigh and sensory innervation to parts of the thigh, lower leg, and foot, and to the hip and knee joints.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Femoral Nerves
  • Nerve, Femoral
  • Nerves, Femoral

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Aspects Covered

23 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

dis = FEMORAL NEUROPATHY; neopl = FEMORAL NEUROPATHY (IM) + PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS (IM) + histol type of neopl (IM); posterior femoral cutaneous nerve: index under PERIPHERAL NERVES

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NLM Classification

WL 400

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Femoral Nerve. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005267. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005267
  2. Femoral Nerve. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femoral_nerve
  3. Femoral Nerve. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q545676