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Descriptor English: Femoral Nerve
Descriptor Spanish: Nervio Femoral
Descriptor nervio femoral
Scope note: Nervio que tiene su origen en la médula espinal lumbar (generalmente de L2 a L4) y discurre a través del plexo lumbar proporcionando inervación motora a los músculos extensores del muslo e inervación sensitiva a parte del muslo, la pierna y el pie, así como a las articulaciones de la cadera y la rodilla.
Descriptor Portuguese: Nervo Femoral
Descriptor French: Nerf fémoral
Entry term(s): Femoral Nerves
Nerve, Femoral
Nerves, Femoral
Tree number(s): A08.800.800.720.450.250
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005267
Scope note: 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.
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
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 5371
Unique ID: D005267
NLM Classification: WL 400
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/05
Femoral Nerve - Preferred
Concept UI M0008315
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Femoral Nerve
Entry term(s) Femoral Nerves
Nerve, Femoral
Nerves, Femoral



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