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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 Nerve to Stapedius nervus stapedius Head & Skull The nerve to stapedius is a tiny motor branch of the facial nerve that arises in…
Nerve Nerve to Subclavius nervus subclavius Shoulder The nerve to subclavius arises from the upper trunk of the brachial plexus (C5-C6) near the…
Nerve Nerve to Supraspinatus nervus musculi supraspinatii Shoulder The nerve to supraspinatus branches from the suprascapular nerve at or just distal to the suprascapular…
Nerve Nerve to Tensor Tympani nervus musculi tensoris tympani Head & Skull The nerve to tensor tympani is a small branch from the medial pterygoid nerve (itself from…
Nerve Nerve to Tensor Veli Palatini nervus musculi tensoris veli palatini Head & Skull The nerve to tensor veli palatini is a branch of the medial pterygoid nerve from the…
Nerve Nerve to Teres Minor nervus musculi teretis minoris Shoulder A branch of the posterior branch of the axillary nerve (C5-C6), given off as the nerve…
Nerve Nerve to Thyrohyoid nervus musculi thyreohyoidei Neck The nerve to thyrohyoid is a branch from the hypoglossal nerve (CN XII) arising in the…
Nerve Nerve to Tibialis Anterior nervus musculi tibialis anterioris Lower Leg The nerve to tibialis anterior is the most proximal motor branch of the deep peroneal nerve,…
Nerve Nerve to Vastus Intermedius nervus musculi vasti intermedii Thigh Motor branches of the femoral nerve supplying vastus intermedius, arising from the deep division of the…
Nerve Nerve to Vastus Lateralis nervus musculi vasti lateralis Thigh Motor branches of the posterior division of the femoral nerve that supply vastus lateralis, entering the…
Nerve Nerve to Vastus Medialis nervus musculi vasti medialis Thigh The nerve to vastus medialis arises from the femoral nerve in the femoral triangle, descending along…
Nerve Nervus Intermedius nervus intermedius Wrisbergii Head & Skull The nervus intermedius (nerve of Wrisberg) is the sensory and autonomic root of the facial nerve…
Nerve Nodose Ganglion ganglion inferius nervi vagi Neck The nodose ganglion (inferior vagal ganglion) is the lower sensory ganglion of the vagus nerve, located…
Nerve Obturator Cutaneous Branch ramus cutaneus nervi obturatorii Thigh The cutaneous branch of the obturator nerve arises from the anterior division, passing between adductor longus…
Nerve Obturator Nerve nervus obturatorius Thigh The obturator nerve emerges from the medial border of the psoas, crosses the pelvic brim, and… Also: Full overview
Nerve Obturator Nerve Articular Branch ramus articularis nervi obturatorii Pelvis & Hip The obturator nerve articular branch is the most distal branch of the obturator nerve, arising within…
Nerve Oculomotor Nerve nervus oculomotorius (CN III) Head & Skull The oculomotor nerve controls four of the six extra-ocular muscles, the levator palpebrae superioris, and the…
Nerve Oculomotor Nerve (CN III): Full nervus oculomotorius Head & Skull CN III is the primary ocular motor nerve, supplying four of the six extraocular muscles plus…
Nerve Oesophageal Plexus plexus oesophagealis Chest The oesophageal plexus is formed around the thoracic oesophagus by the two vagal trunks as they…
Nerve Olfactory Nerve (CN I) nervus olfactorius Head & Skull CN I is unique among cranial nerves. It is a direct extension of the brain (the…
Nerve Ophthalmic Nerve nervus ophthalmicus (CN V1) Head & Skull The ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve is the smallest of the three divisions, providing purely…
Nerve Ophthalmic Nerve Overview nervus ophthalmicus (V1) Head & Skull The ophthalmic nerve (V1) is the smallest and most superior division of the trigeminal nerve, arising…
Nerve Optic Nerve (CN II) nervus opticus Head & Skull CN II is not a true peripheral nerve but a white matter tract of the brain…
Nerve Otic Ganglion ganglion oticum Head & Skull The otic ganglion is a parasympathetic ganglion located in the infratemporal fossa immediately below the foramen…
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