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Nerves

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

375 nerves

375 nerves

Nerve Jacobson Nerve nervus tympanicus Jacobsoni Head & Skull Jacobson nerve (tympanic nerve) is a branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) arising from the… Nerve Lacrimal Nerve nervus lacrimalis Head & Skull The lacrimal nerve is the smallest branch of the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve (V1).… Nerve Lacrimal Nerve Branch nervus lacrimalis Head & Skull The lacrimal nerve is a branch of the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve (V1) that… 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 Femoral Cutaneous Nerve at Lumbar Origin nervus cutaneus femoris lateralis (origo lumbalis) Lower Back The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve arises from L2-L3 and crosses the iliacus muscle obliquely, passing under… Nerve Lateral Pectoral Nerve nervus pectoralis lateralis Chest The lateral pectoral nerve is the more superior and important of the two pectoral nerves, supplying… Nerve Lateral Pectoral Nerve at Shoulder nervus pectoralis lateralis (ad humerum) Shoulder The lateral pectoral nerve arises from the lateral cord of the brachial plexus (C5, C6, C7)… 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… Nerve Lateral Plantar Nerve (Full) nervus plantaris lateralis Foot & Ankle The lateral plantar nerve is the smaller plantar nerve, supplying most of the intrinsic foot muscles… 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… Nerve Lingual Nerve (Full) nervus lingualis Head & Skull The lingual nerve provides general sensation to the anterior tongue and floor of mouth, carrying the… Nerve Lingual Nerve in the Submandibular Triangle nervus lingualis in regione submandibulari Head & Skull The lingual nerve (from V3) passes between the medial pterygoid and the mandibular ramus in the… 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 Long Thoracic Nerve at Shoulder Level nervus thoracicus longus (pars humeralis) Shoulder The long thoracic nerve descends on the lateral chest wall in contact with the serratus anterior,… 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…

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