Nerves

Nerve reference, root levels, course, motor and sensory distribution, entrapment sites, and neuropathies.

342 nerves

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24 nerves starting with L Clear × · alternate versions listed on each card

Nerve Lacrimal Nerve nervus lacrimalis Head & Skull The lacrimal nerve is the smallest branch of the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve (V1).…

Nerve Lateral Cord of the Brachial Plexus fasciculus lateralis plexus brachialis Shoulder The lateral cord is formed by the anterior divisions of the superior and middle trunks (C5-C7)…

Nerve Lateral Cutaneous Nerve of the Forearm nervus cutaneus antebrachii lateralis Forearm The lateral cutaneous nerve of the forearm is the terminal sensory branch of the musculocutaneous nerve…

Nerve Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve nervus cutaneus femoris lateralis Thigh The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is a purely sensory nerve supplying the outer thigh skin, with…

Nerve Lateral Pectoral Nerve nervus pectoralis lateralis Chest The lateral pectoral nerve (C5-C7) arises from the lateral cord of the brachial plexus, crosses in…

Nerve Lateral Plantar Nerve nervus plantaris lateralis Foot & Ankle The lateral plantar nerve is the smaller plantar nerve analogous to the ulnar nerve in the… Also: Full overview

Nerve Lateral Superior Genicular Nerve nervus genus superior lateralis Knee The lateral superior genicular nerve is an articular branch of the common peroneal nerve supplying the…

Nerve Lateral Sural Cutaneous Nerve nervus cutaneus surae lateralis Lower Leg The lateral sural cutaneous nerve is a branch of the common fibular (peroneal) nerve that arises…

Nerve Least Splanchnic Nerve nervus splanchnicus imus Chest The least splanchnic nerve (lowest splanchnic) arises from the 12th thoracic ganglion, passing through the diaphragm…

Nerve Lesser Occipital Nerve nervus occipitalis minor Head & Skull The lesser occipital nerve provides sensory supply to the lateral occipital scalp and the area behind…

Nerve Lesser Palatine Nerves nervi palatini minores Head & Skull The lesser palatine nerves emerge through the lesser palatine foramina posterior to the greater palatine foramen…

Nerve Lesser Petrosal Nerve nervus petrosus minor Head & Skull The lesser petrosal nerve carries preganglionic parasympathetic fibres from the tympanic plexus (via the tympanic nerve…

Nerve Lesser Splanchnic Nerve nervus splanchnicus minor Chest The lesser splanchnic nerve is formed by preganglionic sympathetic fibres from the 10th and 11th thoracic…

Nerve Lingual Nerve nervus lingualis Head & Skull The lingual nerve provides general sensation (touch, pain, temperature) to the anterior two-thirds of the tongue… Also: Full overview

Nerve Long Ciliary Nerves nervi ciliares longi Head & Skull The long ciliary nerves are branches of the nasociliary nerve (from V1) that pass from the…

Nerve Long Thoracic Nerve nervus thoracicus longus Chest The long thoracic nerve has no cutaneous sensory territory and supplies only the serratus anterior, but…

Nerve Lower Subscapular Nerve nervus subscapularis inferior Shoulder The lower subscapular nerve arises from the posterior cord (C5-C6) and supplies the lower subscapularis and…

Nerve Lumbar Dorsal Root Ganglion ganglion spinale lumbale Lower Back The lumbar dorsal root ganglia (DRG) contain the cell bodies of primary sensory neurons supplying the…

Nerve Lumbar Plexus plexus lumbalis Abdomen The lumbar plexus is formed within the psoas major muscle by the anterior rami of L1-L4…

Nerve Lumbar Plexus Overview plexus lumbalis (overview) Lower Back The lumbar plexus is formed within the substance of psoas major from the ventral rami of…

Nerve Lumbar Splanchnic Nerves nervi splanchnici lumbales Abdomen The lumbar splanchnic nerves are four branches from the lumbar sympathetic ganglia (L1-L4) that pass medially…

Nerve Lumbar Sympathetic Trunk truncus sympatheticus lumbalis Lower Back The lumbar sympathetic trunk is the continuation of the thoracic sympathetic chain as it passes posterior…