loading...| Preferred Name | femoral nerve | |
| Synonyms |
nervus femoralis anterior crural nerve |
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| Definitions |
The femoral nerve, the largest branch of the lumbar plexus, arises from the ventral divisions of the second, third, and fourth lumbar nerves. It descends through the fibers of the Psoas major, emerging from the muscle at the lower part of its lateral border, and passes down between it and the Iliacus, behind the iliac fascia; it then runs beneath the inguinal ligament, into the thigh, and splits into an anterior and a posterior division. Under the inguinal ligament, it is separated from the femoral artery by a portion of the Psoas major. [WP,unvetted]. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001267 |
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| alternative label |
nervus femoralis anterior crural nerve |
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| database_cross_reference |
UMLS:C0015808 NCIT:C52816 Wikipedia:Femoral_nerve SCTID:181051004 VHOG:0001411 EHDAA2:0000507 EMAPA:35343 MESH:D005267 EHDAA:5655 FMA:16486 GAID:850 MA:0001167 |
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| definition |
The femoral nerve, the largest branch of the lumbar plexus, arises from the ventral divisions of the second, third, and fourth lumbar nerves. It descends through the fibers of the Psoas major, emerging from the muscle at the lower part of its lateral border, and passes down between it and the Iliacus, behind the iliac fascia; it then runs beneath the inguinal ligament, into the thigh, and splits into an anterior and a posterior division. Under the inguinal ligament, it is separated from the femoral artery by a portion of the Psoas major. [WP,unvetted]. |
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| depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Gray823.png |
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| has exact synonym |
anterior crural nerve |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
nervus femoralis |
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| id |
UBERON:0001267 |
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| innervates | ||
| label |
femoral nerve |
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| notation |
UBERON:0001267 |
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| note |
The femoral nerve, the largest branch of the lumbar plexus, arises from the ventral divisions of the second, third, and fourth lumbar nerves. It descends through the fibers of the Psoas major, emerging from the muscle at the lower part of its lateral border, and passes down between it and the Iliacus, behind the iliac fascia; it then runs beneath the inguinal ligament, into the thigh, and splits into an anterior and a posterior division. Under the inguinal ligament, it is separated from the femoral artery by a portion of the Psoas major. [WP,unvetted]. |
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| part_of | ||
| preferred label |
femoral nerve |
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| prefixIRI |
UBERON:0001267 |
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| prefLabel |
femoral nerve |
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