2021年8月20日 · The femoral nerve is the largest of five nerve branches of the lumbar plexus. This network of nerves is in the abdominal part of the torso (lower spine). You have a femoral nerve on each side of your body that helps you bend and straighten your hips and knees.

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. It is the largest branch of the lumbar plexus.

2023年5月25日 · The femoral nerve is a mixed nerve of the lower limb that innervates the muscles and skin of the hip and thigh. The femoral nerve originates from the lumbar plexus, arising from the anterior rami of spinal nerves L2-L4. In …

2023年10月3日 · The femoral nerve is one of the major peripheral nerves of the lower limb. In this article, we shall look at the anatomy of the femoral nerve – its anatomical course, functions, and clinical correlations.

The femoral nerve is the largest nerve of the lumbar plexus. It originates from the dorsal divisions of the L2-L4 ventral rami. It has a role in motor and sensory processing in the lower limbs [1]. It controls: The major hip flexor muscles, as well as knee extension muscles.

3 天之前 · Explore the anatomy, function, and role of the femoral nerve with Innerbody's interactive 3D model. The femoral nerve is the major nerve that serves the tissues of the thigh and leg, including the muscles and skin.

2024年3月6日 · The head of femur, often called the femoral head, forms the round, spherical-shaped proximal end of the femur, which is the longest bone in the body and located in the thigh. It is covered with hyaline articular cartilage except for a small, medially placed depression posteroinferior to its center known as the fovea .

The afferent innervation of the leg is provided by the saphenous nerve (a branch of the femoral nerve that travels in the adductor canal). Injury to the femoral nerve typically produces: weakness of hip flexion, loss of knee extension (no patellar reflex), and sensory loss over the territories described above.

The femoral nerve (also called the anterior crural nerve) is the largest nerve of the lumbar plexus. It arises from the ventral rami of the second, third and fourth lumbar nerves (L2 - L4). The femoral nerve is a mixed nerve containing motor and sensory fibers.

2018年5月20日 · Origin : Femoral nerve is the largest branch of lumbar plexus. Root value : Dorsal division of ventral rami of L2, L3, L4 spinal nerves. Describe the course of femoral nerve?