Nerve reference, root levels, course, motor and sensory distribution, entrapment sites, and neuropathies.
342 nerves
17 nerves starting with G Clear × · alternate versions listed on each card
NerveGanglion Imparganglion imparPelvis & HipThe ganglion impar (ganglion of Walther) is the single sympathetic ganglion where the two sympathetic trunks…
NerveGenicular Cutaneous Nervesnervi cutanei genusKneeThe skin around the knee receives cutaneous innervation from multiple nerve branches: the infrapatellar branch of…
NerveGeniculate Ganglionganglion geniculiHead & SkullThe geniculate ganglion is the sensory ganglion of the facial nerve, sitting at its first sharp…
NerveGeniculate Nerve Branches of the Kneerami articulares genicularesKneeThe geniculate (articular) branches of the knee arise from the tibial and common fibular nerves in…
NerveGenitofemoral Nervenervus genitofemoralisAbdomenThe genitofemoral nerve divides into a genital branch that enters the inguinal canal and supplies the…Also:
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NerveGlossopharyngeal Nervenervus glossopharyngeus (CN IX)Head & SkullThe glossopharyngeal nerve carries taste from the posterior tongue, general sensation from the pharynx, and supplies…
NerveGlossopharyngeal Nerve (CN IX): Fullnervus glossopharyngeusHead & SkullThe glossopharyngeal nerve provides sensation to the posterior tongue and oropharynx, taste from the posterior tongue,…
NerveGonadal Nerve Plexusplexus nervosus gonadalisAbdomenThe gonadal (testicular or ovarian) nerve plexus accompanies the gonadal vessels from the aortic plexus, carrying…
NerveGray Rami Communicantes (Thoracic)rami communicantes grisei (thoracis)ChestThe gray rami communicantes carry postganglionic sympathetic fibres from the thoracic sympathetic chain back to the…
NerveGreater Auricular Nervenervus auricularis magnusHead & SkullThe greater (great) auricular nerve is the largest cutaneous branch of the cervical plexus, formed from…
NerveGreater Occipital Nervenervus occipitalis majorHead & SkullThe greater occipital nerve is the largest of the three occipital nerves, a branch of the…Also:
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NerveGreater Palatine Nervenervus palatinus majorHead & SkullThe greater palatine nerve descends from the pterygopalatine ganglion through the greater palatine canal to emerge…
NerveGreater Petrosal Nervenervus petrosus majorHead & SkullThe greater petrosal nerve arises from the geniculate ganglion of the facial nerve in the petrous…
NerveGreater Splanchnic Nervenervus splanchnicus majorChestThe greater splanchnic nerve is formed by preganglionic sympathetic fibres from the fifth to ninth thoracic…
NerveGrey Rami Communicantes of the Lumbar Spinerami communicantes grisei lumbalesLower BackThe grey rami communicantes are unmyelinated postganglionic sympathetic fibres passing from the lumbar sympathetic ganglia back…
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