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Nervous system & sense organs

Obturator nerve

Nervus obturatorius

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System
Nervous system & sense organs
Regions
Trunk, Lower limb
Side
Left and right
Part of
Branches of anterior part of lumbar plexus
Obturator nerve (Nervus obturatorius) highlighted in a 3D model of the human body
3D model: Z-Anatomy - The libre 3D atlas of anatomy - CC-BY-SA 4.0

DescriptionUnreviewed

The obturator nerve in human anatomy arises from the ventral divisions of the second, third, and fourth lumbar nerves in the lumbar plexus; the branch from the third is the largest, while that from the second is often very small.

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Parts

Names

Latin
Nervus obturatorius
English
Obturator nerve
French
Nerf obturateur
Spanish
Nervio obturador
Portuguese
Nervo obturador

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