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Signals from the femoral nerve and its branches can be blocked to interrupt the transmission of pain signals from the innervation area. Some of the nerve blocks that work by affecting the femoral nerve are the femoral nerve block, the fascia iliac block and the 3-in-1 nerve block. Femoral nerve blocks are very effective. [3]
The anterior branch runs downward on the sartorius, perforates the fascia lata at the lower third of the thigh, and divides into two branches: one supplies the integument as low down as the medial side of the knee; the other crosses to the lateral side of the patella, communicating in its course with the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve.
The saphenous nerve (long or internal saphenous nerve) is the largest cutaneous branch of the femoral nerve. It is derived from the lumbar plexus (L3-L4). It is a strictly sensory nerve, and has no motor function. It commences in the proximal (upper) thigh and travels along the adductor canal.
Common fibular nerve (blue) - labeled as "peroneal nerve". Also Lateral sural cutaneous nerve. Saphenous nerve (pink), a branch of the femoral nerve. Superficial fibular nerve (yellow) - labeled as "superficial peroneal nerve". Also Medial dorsal cutaneous nerve. Sural nerve (brown). Also Medial sural cutaneous nerve.
The lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh may have multiple branches. [1] Its position with relation to the ASIS can be very variable. [3] It may partially pass through sartorius muscle rather than over its surface. [1] It may be absent, and the sensory supply replaced by branches of the femoral nerve and the ilioinguinal nerve. [1]
Femoral nerve and its terminal branches - The nerve enters the femoral triangle by passing beneath the inguinal ligament, just lateral to the femoral artery. In the thigh, the nerve lies in a groove between iliacus muscle and psoas major muscles, outside the femoral sheath, and lateral to the femoral artery.
Its branches are all cutaneous, and are distributed to the gluteal region, the perineum, and the back of the thigh and leg. The inferior clunial nerves (or gluteal branches), three or four in number, turn upward around the lower border of the gluteus maximus , and supply the skin covering the lower and lateral part of that muscle.
Palmar branch of the median nerve; Palmar branch of ulnar nerve; Pancreatic plexus; Patellar plexus; Pelvic splanchnic nerves; Perforating cutaneous nerve; Perineal branches of posterior femoral cutaneous nerve; Perineal nerve; Petrous ganglion; Pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve; Pharyngeal branches of glossopharyngeal nerve; Pharyngeal nerve ...