Nervous system & sense organs
Genitofemoral nerve
Nervus genitofemoralis
- System
- Nervous system & sense organs
- Regions
- Trunk, Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Branches of anterior part of lumbar plexus
DescriptionUnreviewed
The genitofemoral nerve refers to a nerve that is found in the abdomen.
Its branches, the genital branch and femoral branch supply sensation to the upper anterior thigh, as well as the skin of the anterior scrotum in males and mons pubis in females.
The femoral branch is different from the femoral nerve, which also arises from the lumbar plexus.
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Parts
Names
- Latin
- Nervus genitofemoralis
- English
- Genitofemoral nerve
- French
- Nerf génitofémoral
- Spanish
- Nervio genitofemoral
- Portuguese
- Nervo genitofemoral