HyperDic: nervus_femoralis

English > 1 sense of the expression nervus femoralis:
NOUNbodynervus femoralis, femoral nerve, 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 > nervus femoralis: 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.
Synonymsfemoral nerve, 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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