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Body Atlas, Nerve Reference

Nerves

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

342 nerves
42 nerves starting with S  Clear × · alternate versions listed on each card
Nerve Sacral Plexus plexus sacralis Pelvis & Hip The sacral plexus is formed on the anterior surface of the piriformis muscle in the greater…
Nerve Sacral Splanchnic Nerves nervi splanchnici sacrales Pelvis & Hip The sacral splanchnic nerves are postganglionic sympathetic fibres arising from the sacral sympathetic ganglia (S2-S4 level…
Nerve Sacral Sympathetic Chain truncus sympathicus, pars sacralis Pelvis & Hip The sacral sympathetic chain lies on the anterior surface of the sacrum medial to the sacral…
Nerve Saphenous Articular Branch to the Medial Capsule ramus articularis saphenus capsulae medialis Knee Articular branches of the saphenous nerve supply the medial knee capsule, the deep medial collateral ligament,…
Nerve Saphenous Infrapatellar Branch ramus infrapatellaris nervi sapheni Knee The infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve arises from the saphenous nerve in the adductor canal…
Nerve Saphenous Nerve nervus saphenus Thigh The saphenous nerve is the longest cutaneous branch of the femoral nerve, accompanying the femoral vessels… Also: Full overview
Nerve Sciatic Nerve nervus ischiadicus Pelvis & Hip The sciatic nerve is the largest peripheral nerve in the body (1.5-2 cm diameter), formed from…
Nerve Sciatic Nerve Tibial and Peroneal Divisions divisiones tibialis et fibularis nervi ischiadici Thigh The sciatic nerve is composed of two distinct divisions, the tibial division medially and the common…
Nerve Second Common Plantar Digital Nerve nervus digitalis plantaris communis II Foot & Ankle The second common plantar digital nerve runs in the second intermetatarsal space between the second and…
Nerve Short Ciliary Nerves nervi ciliares breves Head & Skull The short ciliary nerves are a group of about 6-10 fine nerves that leave the front…
Nerve Sinuvertebral Nerve nervus sinuvertebralis Luschkae Lower Back The sinuvertebral nerve (recurrent meningeal nerve, nerve of Luschka) is a small mixed nerve formed at…
Nerve Spinal Cord medulla spinalis Lower Back The spinal cord is the cylindrical neural structure within the vertebral canal extending from the foramen…
Nerve Spinal Nerve Roots radices nervorum spinalium Lower Back Each spinal nerve is formed by the union of a dorsal root (sensory, entering the cord's…
Nerve Spiral Ganglion of the Cochlea ganglion spirale cochleae Head & Skull The spiral ganglion is the cochlear sensory ganglion containing the bipolar first-order auditory neurons whose peripheral…
Nerve Stellate Ganglion ganglion stellatum Neck The stellate ganglion is the fusion of the inferior cervical sympathetic ganglion and the first thoracic…
Nerve Subcostal Nerve nervus subcostalis Abdomen The subcostal nerve is the ventral ramus of the T12 spinal nerve, running below the twelfth…
Nerve Submandibular Ganglion ganglion submandibulare Head & Skull The submandibular ganglion is a small parasympathetic ganglion hanging from the lingual nerve by two short…
Nerve Suboccipital Nerve nervus suboccipitalis Neck The suboccipital nerve is the posterior ramus of C1, the only spinal nerve that has no…
Nerve Subscapular Nerves nervi subscapulares Shoulder The upper and lower subscapular nerves supply the subscapularis from the posterior cord of the brachial…
Nerve Superficial Branch of the Ulnar Nerve ramus superficialis nervi ulnaris Hand & Wrist The superficial branch of the ulnar nerve is the purely sensory terminal division of the ulnar…
Nerve Superficial Fibular Nerve (Full) nervus fibularis superficialis Lower Leg The superficial fibular nerve supplies the peroneal muscles and the dorsal foot sensation. Its fascial exit…
Nerve Superficial Peroneal Nerve nervus peroneus superficialis Lower Leg The superficial peroneal nerve supplies the peroneal evertors and provides dorsal foot sensation to most of…
Nerve Superficial Radial Nerve ramus superficialis nervi radialis Forearm The superficial branch of the radial nerve is the pure sensory continuation of the radial nerve…
Nerve Superior Alveolar Nerves nervi alveolares superiores Head & Skull The superior alveolar nerves supply the upper dentition and associated gingiva: the posterior superior alveolar nerve…
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