Group · Nervous system & sense organs
Lumbosacral plexus
Plexus lumbosacralis
- System
- Nervous system & sense organs
- Regions
- Trunk, Lower limb, Upper limb, Pelvis
- Part of
- Spinal nerves
DescriptionUnreviewed
The anterior divisions of the lumbar nerves, sacral nerves, and coccygeal nerve form the lumbosacral plexus, the first lumbar nerve being frequently joined by a branch from the twelfth thoracic.
For descriptive purposes this plexus is usually divided into three parts:
lumbar plexus sacral plexus pudendal plexusInjuries to the lumbosacral plexus are predominantly witnessed as bone injuries.
Lumbosacral trunk and sacral plexus palsies are common injury patterns.
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Parts
Names
- Latin
- Plexus lumbosacralis
- English
- Lumbosacral plexus
- French
- Plexus lombosacral
- Spanish
- Plexo lumbosacro
- Portuguese
- Plexo lombossacro