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PNS · 191. Lumbar plexus.

Covers the lumbar plexus, formed from the anterior rami of the spinal nerves from T12 to L5, and goes through its branches in turn: the subcostal, iliohypogastric, ilioinguinal, genitofemoral, lateral femoral cutaneous, femoral, obturator and accessory obturator nerves, plus the lumbosacral trunk. For each nerve it lists the muscles supplied and the skin areas it covers, with a picture included.

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Topic 175 of 264 in the MU Sofia syllabus for Anatomy (Dental Medicine, Year 2). The free AceMed note covers it in 2 sections, about 172 words (1 min of reading), with 10 flashcards.

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  1. Introduction
  2. LUMBER PLEXUS

LUMBER PLEXUS

The lumbar plexus is a complex of nerves arises from the ant. rami of the lumbar spinal nerves.

(T12- L5)

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  • ↳ Iliohypogastric
  • Ilioinguinal
  • Genitofemoral n.
  • lateral femoral cut.
  • Obterator n.
  • Femoral n.
  • T12 — subcostal n.
  • motor s: -pyrmidalis
  • Transverse abdominalis
  • iliohypogastric n.
  • m.: Internal oblique + transverse abdominis
  • cut.: Skin over the pubis
  • L1 — iliolinguinal n.
  • motor: - Internal oblique - Transverse abdominis.
  • cut.: - skin of the proximal & medial thigh - ♂ scortum (upper) - ♀ momus pubis + labia majora.
  • Ant. division — Genitofemoral n.
  • mot. cremaster
  • cut. ♂ scortum ; ♀ labia majora
  • L2, L3 — lateral femoral cutaneus n.
  • supply: lateral thigh
  • peritoneium.
  • L4 — Femoral n.
  • cut: - Ant. femoral cut. br. - Ant. thigh saphenous br. (medial lower limb)
  • mot: - femoris - iliacus - pectineus. - quadriceps.
  • obteratorn.
  • mot: -adductor longus, magnus, brevis - Gracilis - Obterator externus.
  • cut: medial thigh
  • Acessory obterator n.
  • mot: pectineus m.
  • cut: skin of hip joint
  • L5 — lumbosacral trunk.

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