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Body Atlas, Nerve Reference

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 Deep Peroneal Nerve Anterior Ankle Branch ramus anterior n. fibularis profundi ad talum Lower Leg The deep peroneal nerve gives an articular branch to the anterior ankle joint capsule as it…
Nerve Deep Peroneal Nerve Articular Branch at Knee ramus articularis nervi fibularis profundi ad genu Knee The deep peroneal nerve gives an articular branch to the anterolateral knee capsule as it passes…
Nerve Deep Peroneal Nerve First Web Space Branch ramus nervi fibularis profundi ad spatium digitale primum Foot & Ankle The terminal sensory branch of the deep peroneal nerve supplies the adjacent skin of the first…
Nerve Deep Petrosal Nerve nervus petrosus profundus Head & Skull The deep petrosal nerve consists of postganglionic sympathetic fibres from the superior cervical ganglion that travel…
Nerve Deep Temporal Nerves nervi temporales profundi Head & Skull The deep temporal nerves are two or three branches of the anterior division of the mandibular…
Nerve Digital Nerves (Hand) nervi digitales palmares Hand & Wrist The digital nerves run alongside the digital arteries along each side of each finger, providing sensation…
Nerve Divisions of the Brachial Plexus divisiones anteriores et posteriores plexus brachialis Shoulder Behind the clavicle, each of the three trunks splits into an anterior and a posterior division,…
Nerve Dorsal Cutaneous Branch (Ulnar) ramus cutaneus dorsalis nervi ulnaris Hand & Wrist The dorsal cutaneous branch of the ulnar nerve divides from the main ulnar nerve proximal to…
Nerve Dorsal Digital Nerves of the Foot nervi digitales dorsales pedis Foot & Ankle The dorsal digital nerves of the foot arise primarily from the superficial fibular (peroneal) nerve, which…
Nerve Dorsal Digital Nerves of the Hand nervi digitales dorsales manus Hand & Wrist The dorsal digital nerves arise from the superficial radial nerve (radial 3.5 digits) and the dorsal…
Nerve Dorsal Nerve of the Penis and Clitoris nervus dorsalis penis/clitoridis Pelvis & Hip The dorsal nerve of the penis (or clitoris) is the deepest terminal branch of the pudendal…
Nerve Dorsal Root Ganglion ganglion sensorium nervi spinalis Spine A dorsal root (spinal) ganglion is a swelling on the dorsal root of each spinal nerve…
Nerve Dorsal Scapular Nerve nervus dorsalis scapulae Neck The dorsal scapular nerve supplies the rhomboids and levator scapulae, providing the medial scapular retraction force…
Nerve Enteric Nervous System Plexuses plexus nervosi systematis enterici Abdomen The enteric nervous system consists of the myenteric plexus (Auerbach, between the muscle layers) and the…
Nerve External Branch of the Superior Laryngeal Nerve ramus externus nervi laryngei superioris Neck The external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve is the smaller motor branch that descends on…
Nerve External Nasal Nerve ramus nasalis externus nervi ethmoidalis anterioris Head & Skull The external nasal nerve is the terminal branch of the anterior ethmoidal nerve. After running down…
Nerve Facial Nerve nervus facialis (CN VII) Head & Skull The facial nerve is the motor nerve to all muscles of facial expression and the nerve…
Nerve Facial Nerve (CN VII): Branches nervus facialis (rami terminales) Head & Skull The five terminal branches of the facial nerve supply all muscles of facial expression. The marginal…
Nerve Facial Nerve Intratemporal Segments nervus facialis, pars intratemporalis Head & Skull After entering the internal auditory canal (meatal segment), the facial nerve traverses the temporal bone in…
Nerve Femoral Nerve nervus femoralis Pelvis & Hip The femoral nerve is the largest branch of the lumbar plexus (L2-L4), emerging from the lateral…
Nerve Femoral Nerve (Thigh Branches) nervus femoralis (rami femorales) Thigh In the femoral triangle, the femoral nerve divides into anterior and posterior divisions. The anterior division…
Nerve First Dorsal Digital Nerve of the Thumb nervus digitalis dorsalis pollicis radialis Hand & Wrist The first dorsal digital nerve of the thumb is a branch of the superficial radial nerve…
Nerve Frontal Nerve nervus frontalis Head & Skull The frontal nerve is the largest branch of the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve (V1).…
Nerve Ganglion Impar ganglion impar Pelvis & Hip The ganglion impar (ganglion of Walther) is the single sympathetic ganglion where the two sympathetic trunks…
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