Lumbosacral Plexus Flashcards
what is nerve plexus
branching network of intersecting nerves - made up of anterior (ventral rami) of spinal nerves
autonomic
involuntary actions - heart rate, digestion
somatic
voluntary actions - muscle contractions, skin
iliohypogastric nerve (plexus)
L1
ilioinguinal nerve (plexus)
L1
genito femoral nerve (plexus)
L1-L2
Lateral Cutaneous Nerve (plexus)
L2-L3
Obturator Nerve (plexus)
L2-L4
Femoral Nerve (plexus)
L2-L4
Lumbar Plexus
iliohypogastric n.
ilioinguinal n.
genito fermoral n.
lateral cutaneous n.
Obturator n.
Femoral n.
Sacral Plexus
Superior gluteal n.
Inferior gluteal n.
Posterior cutaneous n.
Sciatic n.
Tibial n.
Common fibular n.
Pudendal n.
superior gluteal nerve (plexus)
L4 - S1
inferior gluteal nerve (plexus)
L5-S2
Posterior cutaneous nerve (plexus)
S1-S3
Sciatic nerve (plexus)
L4-S3
Tibial nerve (plexus)
L4 - S3
Common fibular nerve (plexus)
L4-S2
Pudendal nerve (plexus)
S2-S4
What motor supply to medial thigh muscles ?
Obturator nerver (L2-L4)
What motor supply to anterior thigh muscles?
Femoral Nerve (L2-L4)
True or False: Females are at greater risk for IPBSN damage during hamstring tendon graft harvest?
True
Infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve
IPBSN