patellar plexus

patellar plexus
a plexus of nerve fibers in front of the knee, formed by communications between branches of the saphenous nerves and the femoral cutaneous nerves.

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  • Patellar plexus — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 212 GrayPage = 953 Caption = Cutaneous nerves of the right lower extremity. Front and posterior views. (Patellar plexus visible but not labeled.) Caption2 = Innervates = BranchFrom = BranchTo =… …   Wikipedia

  • Patellar network — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = rete patellare GraySubject = 159 GrayPage = 634 Caption = Circumpatellar anastomosis. Caption2 = BranchFrom = BranchTo = Vein = Supplies = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = r 10 DorlandsSuf = 12705378… …   Wikipedia

  • Coccygeal plexus — Nerve: Coccygeal plexus Plan of sacral and pudendal plexuses. Latin plexus coccygeus Gray s subject #213 966 …   Wikipedia

  • Anterior cutaneous branches of the femoral nerve — Nerve: Anterior cutaneous branches of the femoral nerve Cutaneous nerves of the right lower extremity. Front and posterior views. (Anterior cutaneous branches of the femoral nerve in yellow, near center, on both sides.) …   Wikipedia

  • List of human nerves — * Accessory nerve * Accessory obturator nerve * Alderman s nerve * Anococcygeal nerve * Ansa cervicalis * Anterior interosseous nerve * Anterior superior alveolar nerve * Aortic plexus * Auerbach s plexus * Auriculotemporal nerve * Axillary nerve …   Wikipedia

  • Anterior tibial recurrent artery — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = arteria recurrens tibialis anterior GraySubject = 160 GrayPage = 535 Caption = Circumpatellar anastomosis. (Anterior recurrent tibial visible at bottom left.) Caption2 = Anterior tibial and dorsalis pedis… …   Wikipedia

  • cutaneous nerve of thigh intermediate — a branch of the anterior cutaneous branch of the femoral nerve; it supplies the skin on the anterior side of the thigh and knee and ends as part of the patellar plexus …   Medical dictionary

  • cutaneous nerve of thigh medial — a branch of the anterior cutaneous branch of the femoral nerve; it supplies the skin on the medial side of the thigh and knee and has a branch that forms part of the patellar plexus …   Medical dictionary

  • ramus infrapatellaris nervi sapheni — [TA] infrapatellar branch of saphenous nerve: a branch running inferolaterally from the saphenous nerve to the patellar plexus; modality, general sensory …   Medical dictionary

  • Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… …   Medical dictionary

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