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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 Genicular Cutaneous Nerves nervi cutanei genus Knee The skin around the knee receives cutaneous innervation from multiple nerve branches: the infrapatellar branch of…
Nerve Geniculate Ganglion ganglion geniculi Head & Skull The geniculate ganglion is the sensory ganglion of the facial nerve, sitting at its first sharp…
Nerve Geniculate Nerve Branches of the Knee rami articulares geniculares Knee The geniculate (articular) branches of the knee arise from the tibial and common fibular nerves in…
Nerve Genitofemoral Nerve nervus genitofemoralis Abdomen The genitofemoral nerve divides into a genital branch that enters the inguinal canal and supplies the… Also: Full overview
Nerve Glossopharyngeal Nerve nervus glossopharyngeus (CN IX) Head & Skull The glossopharyngeal nerve carries taste from the posterior tongue, general sensation from the pharynx, and supplies…
Nerve Glossopharyngeal Nerve (CN IX): Full nervus glossopharyngeus Head & Skull The glossopharyngeal nerve provides sensation to the posterior tongue and oropharynx, taste from the posterior tongue,…
Nerve Gonadal Nerve Plexus plexus nervosus gonadalis Abdomen The gonadal (testicular or ovarian) nerve plexus accompanies the gonadal vessels from the aortic plexus, carrying…
Nerve Gray Rami Communicantes (Thoracic) rami communicantes grisei (thoracis) Chest The gray rami communicantes carry postganglionic sympathetic fibres from the thoracic sympathetic chain back to the…
Nerve Greater Auricular Nerve nervus auricularis magnus Head & Skull The greater (great) auricular nerve is the largest cutaneous branch of the cervical plexus, formed from…
Nerve Greater Occipital Nerve nervus occipitalis major Head & Skull The greater occipital nerve is the largest of the three occipital nerves, a branch of the… Also: Full overview
Nerve Greater Palatine Nerve nervus palatinus major Head & Skull The greater palatine nerve descends from the pterygopalatine ganglion through the greater palatine canal to emerge…
Nerve Greater Petrosal Nerve nervus petrosus major Head & Skull The greater petrosal nerve arises from the geniculate ganglion of the facial nerve in the petrous…
Nerve Greater Splanchnic Nerve nervus splanchnicus major Chest The greater splanchnic nerve is formed by preganglionic sympathetic fibres from the fifth to ninth thoracic…
Nerve Grey Rami Communicantes of the Lumbar Spine rami communicantes grisei lumbales Lower Back The grey rami communicantes are unmyelinated postganglionic sympathetic fibres passing from the lumbar sympathetic ganglia back…
Nerve Hypoglossal Nerve nervus hypoglossus (CN XII) Head & Skull The hypoglossal nerve is the motor nerve to the tongue, supplying all tongue muscles except the…
Nerve Hypoglossal Nerve (CN XII): Full nervus hypoglossus Head & Skull The hypoglossal nerve is the motor nerve to the tongue, with unilateral palsy producing tongue deviation…
Nerve Iliohypogastric Nerve nervus iliohypogastricus Abdomen The iliohypogastric nerve is the motor supply to the lower abdominal wall muscles and the sensory…
Nerve Ilioinguinal Nerve nervus ilioinguinalis Abdomen The ilioinguinal nerve traverses the inguinal canal and supplies sensory innervation to the upper medial thigh,…
Nerve Inferior Alveolar Nerve nervus alveolaris inferior Head & Skull The inferior alveolar nerve is the primary sensory supply to the lower teeth and the terminal…
Nerve Inferior Cluneal Nerves nervi clunium inferiores Pelvis & Hip The inferior cluneal nerves arise from the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve (S1-S3) as it exits below…
Nerve Inferior Gluteal Nerve nervus gluteus inferior Pelvis & Hip The inferior gluteal nerve is a purely motor nerve supplying only the gluteus maximus, the largest… Also: Detail · Full overview
Nerve Inferior Hypogastric Plexus plexus hypogastricus inferior Pelvis & Hip The inferior hypogastric plexus is the principal autonomic plexus of the pelvis, formed bilaterally by the…
Nerve Inferior Lateral Cutaneous Nerve of the Arm nervus cutaneus brachii lateralis inferior Upper Arm The inferior lateral cutaneous nerve of the arm is a branch of the radial nerve arising…
Nerve Inferior Mesenteric Ganglion ganglion mesentericum inferius Abdomen The inferior mesenteric ganglion is a small prevertebral sympathetic ganglion located at the origin of the…
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