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FEMORAL NERVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh
Synonyms:
anterior crural nerve; femoral nerve; nervus femoralis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("femoral nerve" is a kind of...):
nervus spinalis; spinal nerve (any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal))
Holonyms ("femoral nerve" is a part of...):
thigh (the part of the leg between the hip and the knee)
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