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Nerves

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

342 nerves
342 nerves · alternate versions listed on each card
Nerve Proper Palmar Digital Nerves nervi digitales palmares proprii Hand & Wrist The proper palmar digital nerves are the terminal sensory branches of the common palmar digital nerves…
Nerve Proper Plantar Digital Nerves of the Foot nervi digitales plantares proprii pedis Foot & Ankle The proper plantar digital nerves are the terminal sensory branches supplying the plantar surface of individual…
Nerve Pterygopalatine Ganglion ganglion pterygopalatinum Head & Skull The pterygopalatine ganglion (sphenopalatine ganglion) is the largest parasympathetic ganglion of the head, located in the…
Nerve Pudendal Nerve nervus pudendus Pelvis & Hip The pudendal nerve is the primary nerve of the perineum, supplying the external sphincters, perineal muscles,… Also: Full overview
Nerve Pulmonary Plexus plexus pulmonalis Chest The pulmonary plexus is an autonomic network at each pulmonary hilum, formed by the pulmonary branches…
Nerve Radial Nerve nervus radialis Upper Arm The radial nerve (C5-T1) is the largest branch of the brachial plexus and the nerve of…
Nerve Radial Nerve to Triceps (General Branch) ramus muscularis n. radialis ad tricipitem (communis) Upper Arm The radial nerve gives multiple branches to the three heads of triceps, with the long and…
Nerve Radial Proper Digital Nerve of the Index Finger nervus digitalis palmaris proprius radialis indicis Hand & Wrist The radial proper digital nerve of the index finger is a branch of the first common…
Nerve Radial Proper Digital Nerve of the Thumb nervus digitalis palmaris proprius radialis pollicis Hand & Wrist The radial proper digital nerve of the thumb is a terminal branch of the median nerve…
Nerve Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve nervus laryngeus recurrens Neck A branch of the vagus nerve (CN X), the recurrent laryngeal nerve follows an asymmetric course…
Nerve Recurrent Motor Branch of the Median Nerve ramus muscularis recurrens nervi mediani Hand & Wrist The recurrent (thenar) motor branch of the median nerve arises from the radial side of the…
Nerve Renal Plexus plexus renalis Abdomen The renal plexus is a network of autonomic nerves wrapped around each renal artery. It receives…
Nerve Roots of the Brachial Plexus radices plexus brachialis Neck The roots of the brachial plexus are the anterior (ventral) rami of spinal nerves C5, C6,…
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…
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