Sacra Plexus - Part 2 Flashcards
The perforating cutaneous nerve contains fibers from?
S2 and S3
Why is the perforating cutaneous nerve so named?
Because it travels through the sacrotuberous ligament
The perforating cutaneous nerve ultimately reaches what area?
Lower medial aspect of the buttocks
The perforating cutaneous nerve may be formed alternately by what? Or it could be _____.
A branch off the pudendal nerve
absent
The posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh is formed by what?
Anterior division - S2 and S3
Posterior division - S1 and S2
The posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh leaves the pelvis via what?
Greater sciatic foramen
How does the posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh descend?
Posterior thigh and inferior to the leg
The posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh will ultimately communicate with which nerve?
sural nerve
What does the posterior cutaneous nerve supplies?
Skin on the posterior and medial thigh
What is the largest nerve in the human body?
The sciatic nerve
How large is the sciatic nerve usually?
2cm
The sciatic nerve is a combination of what two nerves?
Tibial nerve
Common fibular nerve
Which is more laterally located? Tibial or common fibula?
common fibular nerve
Which is more medically located? Tibial or common fibula?
Tibial nerve
The tibial nerve is from what?
The anterior divisions of L4-S3
The common fibular nerve is formed from what?
Posterior divisions of L4-S2
The sciatic nerve leaves the pelvis through what?
Greater sciatic foramen
What is different about the sciatic nerve in the pelvis and as it leaves the greater sciatic foremen?
Enclosed in a common sheath
The sciatic nerve is below what muscle?
piriformis
After the sciatic nerve leaves the pelvis it continues to travel inferior on the _______?
Posterior aspect of the adductor magnus
What can cause sciatica?
Piriformis syndrome
When does the sciatic nerve split into the common fibula and tibial nerve?
Usually about 2/3 of the way to the knee, but variable
The common fibula nerve is composed of fibers from what?
L4-S2
The common fibular nerve gives off branches to what muscle in the thigh?
Biceps femoris (short head)
When does the common fibular nerve give off branches to the biceps femoris (short head) in the thigh?
Before separating from the tibial nerve fibers
After separating from the tibial nerve, the common fibular nerve courses around the ____ aspect of what?
Lateral
fibula
The common fibula nerve gives off what type of branch and to where?
Articular
knee joint
What part of the leg doe the common fibular nerve reach when it gives off the articular branch to the knee joint?
antero-lateral aspect of the leg
When are two sensory branches given off by the common fibular nerve?
As the nerve courses along the lateral aspect of the popliteal fossa
What are the names of the two sensory branches of the common fibular nerve?
Lateral sural branch
Fibular communicating branch