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  2. List of nerves of the human body - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of nerves in the human body: Location. Distribution of the areas of the sensory roots upon the surface of the body.

  3. Sciatic nerve - Wikipedia

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    The sciatic nerve, also called the ischiadic nerve, is a large nerve in humans and other vertebrate animals. It is the largest branch of the sacral plexus and runs alongside the hip joint and down the lower limb. It is the longest and widest single nerve in the human body, going from the top of the leg to the foot on the posterior aspect. The ...

  4. Outline of the human nervous system - Wikipedia

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    The following diagram is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the human nervous system: Human nervous system. Human nervous system – the part of the human body that coordinates a person's voluntary and involuntary actions and transmits signals between different parts of the body. The human nervous system consists of two main parts ...

  5. Nerve plexus - Wikipedia

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    The largest nerve of the human body, the sciatic nerve, is the main branch that gives rami to the motor innervation of the muscles of the thigh, the leg, and the foot. Common peroneal nerve and its branches innervate some parts of the skin of the foot, the peroneal muscles of the leg, and the dorsal muscles of the foot.

  6. Ulnar nerve - Wikipedia

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    The nerve is the largest in the human body unprotected by muscle or bone, so injury is common. [1] This nerve is directly connected to the little finger, and the adjacent half of the ring finger, innervating the palmar aspect of these fingers, including both front and back of the tips, perhaps as far back as the fingernail beds.

  7. The clitoris has 10,000 nerve endings. Here's why experts say ...

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    “The nerve samples are sliced by what’s called an ultra microtome to these very, very minuscule sections, that are then magnified over 1,000 times and counted basically with an automated ...

  8. Vagus nerve - Wikipedia

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    It comprises two nerves—the left and right vagus nerves, each containing about 100,000 fibres—but they are typically referred to collectively as a single subsystem. The vagus is the longest nerve of the autonomic nervous system in the human body and comprises both sensory and motor fibers.

  9. How did what could be the largest human organ elude us until ...

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    Back when he was a young student in medical school some 30 years ago, pathologist Neil Theise wasn't taught much about a common, widespread connective tissue in human bodies. Scientists assumed it ...