of sacral nerves, and one pair of coccygeal nerves. The spinal nerves are part of the peripheral nervous system. Each spinalnerve is a mixed nerve, formed...
ramus (pl.: rami) (Latin for 'branch') is the anterior division of a spinalnerve. The ventral rami supply the antero-lateral parts of the trunk and the...
the L4 to S3 segments of the sacral plexus, a collection of nerve fibres that emerge from the sacral part of the spinal cord. The lumbosacral trunk from...
rami of spinal nerves S4, S5, and Co. It is interconnected with the lower part of sacral plexus. The only nerve of the plexus is the coccygeal nerve, that...
the spinal cord below the thoracic spinal cord and above the sacralspinal cord. They arise from the spinal cord between each pair of lumbar spinal vertebrae...
dorsal ramus of spinalnerve, posterior ramus of spinalnerve, or posterior primary division is the posterior division of a spinalnerve. The dorsal rami...
One of the major nerve routes is from the brain, along the spinal cord and through the back. This is commonly referred to as the sacral area. This area...
of the lumbar and sacral segments of the spinal cord according to the vertebral bodies and the spinal roots". Clinical Anatomy. 27 (2): 227–33. doi:10...
In human anatomy, the sacral plexus is a nerve plexus which provides motor and sensory nerves for the posterior thigh, most of the lower leg and foot,...
is often very small. The obturator nerve originates from the anterior divisions of the L2, L3, and L4 spinalnerve roots. It descends through the fibers...
root between C7 and T1 (so it is called spinalnerve root C8). In the lumbar and sacral region, the spinalnerve roots travel within the dural sac and they...
the nerve and disrupt its function. In a radiculopathy, the problem occurs at or near the root of the nerve, shortly after its exit from the spinal cord...
of sciatica is due to a spinal disc herniation pressing on one of the lumbar or sacralnerve roots. Spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, piriformis syndrome...
pudendal nerve proper just proximal to the sacrospinous ligament. The three roots are derived from the ventral rami of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th sacralspinal nerves...
A spinal disc herniation is an injury to the intervertebral disc between two spinal vertebrae, usually caused by excessive strain or trauma to the spine...
cutaneous nerve is a cutaneous nerve of the sacral plexus that provides sensory innervation to the skin of the buttocks. The perforating cutaneous nerve typically...
of the sacral canal. The sacral canal is a continuation of the spinal canal and runs throughout the greater part of the sacrum. Above the sacral hiatus...
splanchnic nerves or nervi erigentes are splanchnic nerves that arise from sacralspinal nerves S2, S3, S4 to provide parasympathetic innervation to the organs...
(Paraplegia is similar but affects the thoracic, lumbar, and sacral segments of the spinal cord and arm function is retained.) The paralysis may be flaccid...
cerebrospinal-fluid-filled (CSF) sacs most frequently located in the spinal canal of the sacral region of the spinal cord (S1–S5) and much less often in the cervical, thoracic...
The nerve to quadratus femoris is a nerve of the sacral plexus that provides motor innervation to the quadratus femoris muscle and gemellus inferior muscle...
(cervical, thoracic, lumbar, or sacral) and prevents any movement between the fused vertebrae. There are many types of spinal fusion and each technique involves...
cutaneous nerve of the thigh (also called the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve) is a sensory nerve of the thigh. It is a branch of the sacral plexus. It...
the trigeminal nerve (lit. triplet nerve), also known as the fifth cranial nerve, cranial nerve V, or simply CN V, is a cranial nerve responsible for...
get access to previously unreachable pelvic structures such as the sacral plexus. Nerve decompressions and resections are the only treatments with a known...
elements, such as meninges, cerebrospinal fluid, and parts of the spinal cord and nerve roots. Myelomeningocele is also associated with club foot deformity...