Nervous system & sense organs
Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve
Nervus cutaneus lateralis femoris
- System
- Nervous system & sense organs
- Regions
- Trunk, Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Branches of posterior part of lumbar plexus
DescriptionUnreviewed
The lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh (also called the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve) is a cutaneous nerve of the thigh.
It originates from the dorsal divisions of the second and third lumbar nerves from the lumbar plexus.
It passes under the inguinal ligament to reach the thigh.
It supplies the skin on the lateral part of the thigh.
Nerve compression can cause meralgia paraesthetica.
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Names
- Latin
- Nervus cutaneus lateralis femoris
- English
- Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve
- French
- Nerf cutané fémoral latéral
- Spanish
- Nervio cutáneo femoral lateral
- Portuguese
- Nervo cutâneo femoral lateral