Preferred Label : femoral nerve;
Uberon definition : The femoral nerve, the largest branch of the lumbar plexus, arises from the ventral
divisions of the second, third, and fourth lumbar nerves. It descends through the
fibers of the Psoas major, emerging from the muscle at the lower part of its lateral
border, and passes down between it and the Iliacus, behind the iliac fascia; it then
runs beneath the inguinal ligament, into the thigh, and splits into an anterior and
a posterior division. Under the inguinal ligament, it is separated from the femoral
artery by a portion of the Psoas major. [WP,unvetted].;
Uberon synonym : anterior crural nerve;
Origin ID : 0001267;
UMLS CUI : C0015808;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Uberon cross reference
- has branching part
- has part
- innervated by
- innervates
The femoral nerve, the largest branch of the lumbar plexus, arises from the ventral
divisions of the second, third, and fourth lumbar nerves. It descends through the
fibers of the Psoas major, emerging from the muscle at the lower part of its lateral
border, and passes down between it and the Iliacus, behind the iliac fascia; it then
runs beneath the inguinal ligament, into the thigh, and splits into an anterior and
a posterior division. Under the inguinal ligament, it is separated from the femoral
artery by a portion of the Psoas major. [WP,unvetted].
