HyperDic: femoral_nerve

English > 1 sense of the expression femoral nerve:
NOUNbodyfemoral nerve, nervus femoralis, anterior crural nerveone of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh
English > femoral nerve: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningOne of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh.
Synonymsnervus femoralis, anterior crural nerve
Part ofthighThe part of the leg between the hip and the knee
Broaderspinal nerve, nervus spinalisAny of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots
Spanishnervio crural anterior, nervio femoral, nervus femoralis
Catalannervi femoral, nervus femoralis

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