Lumbar Plexus Flashcards
nerves of the lumbar plexus (6)
femoral, obturator, lat fem cut, iliohypogastric, ilioinguinal, genitofemoral
femoral spinal roots
L2-L4
obturator spinal roots
L2-L4
lateral femoral cutaneous spinal roots
L2,L3
iliohypogastric spinal roots
L1
ilioinguinal spinal roots
L1
genitofemoral spinal roots
L1,L2
sensory thigh, leg, foot, hip, knee jt; motor anterior thigh, psoas, pectineus, iliacus
femoral L2-L4
sensory: med thigh and hip jt
motor: adductors, gracilis and obturator externus
obturator L2-L4
sensory: lateral thigh, branches to periotneum
lat fem cut L2, L3
sensory: lower abdomen, lower back and hip, anterolateral abdominal wall and pubic region
iliohypogastric L1
sensory: external genitalia, thigh and abdominals
ilioinguinal L1
sensory: scrotum, labia, thigh and cremasterics
genitofemoral L1,L2