loading...| Preferred Name |
femoral nerve |
| Synonyms |
nervus femoralis anterior crural nerve |
| 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]. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001267 |
| database_cross_reference |
EHDAA:5655 MESH:D005267 GAID:850 EMAPA:35343 VHOG:0001411 FMA:16486 OpenCyc:Mx4rwGC03JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA UMLS:C0015808 NCIT:C52816 EHDAA2:0000507 MA:0001167 http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0015808 |
| 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]. |
| depicted_by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Gray823.png |
| has_exact_synonym |
anterior crural nerve |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
nervus femoralis |
| id |
UBERON:0001267 |
| in_subset | |
| innervates | |
| label |
femoral nerve |
| notation |
UBERON:0001267 |
| prefLabel |
femoral nerve |
| subClassOf |