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Saphenous nerve

noun
1.
A branch of the femoral nerve that supplies cutaneous branches to the inner aspect of the leg and foot.  Synonym: nervus saphenus.





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... support, and although the hamstrings are paralysed the knee can be flexed by the sartorius and gracilis. The chief feature is drop-foot. There is also loss of sensation below the knee except along the course of the long saphenous nerve on the medial side of the leg and foot. Sensibility to deep touch is only lost over a comparatively small area on the dorsum of ...
— Manual of Surgery - Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. • Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles


Words linked to "Saphenous nerve" :   nerve, nervus, leg


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