Unit 3: lumbar ventral rami and lumbar plexus Flashcards
The first and second lumbar ventral rami communicate with the lumbar sympathetic truck by the (white/grey/both)ramus/rami communicans.
Both
How many lumbar sympathetic ganglia supply the grey rami communicans to the five lumbar ventral rami?
4
the lumbosacral truck is formed by
small portion of the 4th lumbar plexus and the 5th lumbar ventral rami
the fourth ventral ramus is usually called…
Nervus Furcalis
The lumbar plexus is formed by…
1st-3rd and most of the 4th lumbar ventral rami
Name the nerve which emerge from the superficial ring of the inguinal canal.
ilioinguinal nerve and genital branch of genitofemoral nerve
Name the roots of the genitofemoral nerve.
L1 and L2
Name the nerve which passes thourgh the entire inguinal canal.
Genital branch of the genitofemoral nerve
Name the nerve which innervates the adductor magnus.
Posterior branch of Obturator nerve and Sciatic nerve of sacral plexus
Name three nerves which emerge at the posteromedial margin of the psoas major.
Obturator nerve, Accessory Obturator nerve, and Lateral Femoral Cutaneous nerve L2-L3
Name the nerve from the 3rd and 4th lumbar ventral rami, which innervates the pectineus and hip joint.
Accessory Obturator Nerve L3-L4
Name the nerve which supplies the parietal peritoneum in the iliac fossa.
Lateral Femoral cutaneous nerve of L2-L3
Name the nerves with pass under the inguinal ligament entering the thigh.
Femoral branch of genitofemoral of iliohypogastric nerve, lateral femoral cutaneous of femoral and femoral nerve
The subsartorial plexus is formed by…
Anterior branch of Obturator L2-L4, Medial Femoral cutaneous of femoral, and Saphenous nerve of the posterior division of Femoral
Name 3 nerves which innervate the pectineus
Anterior branch of Obturator L2-L4, Accessory Obturator L3-L4, and Femoral Nerve L2-L4