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Regional Anesthesia
Lower Leg Innervation
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Medical
Graduate
08/01/2010

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Term

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What nerve innervates the area shown in yellow?

What plexus does this originate from?

Definition

*The obturator nerve

*Lumbar Plexus

Term

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What innervates the portion of the leg in purple?

What plexus does this arise from?

Definition

*Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve

*Lumbar Plexus

Term

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What innervates the portion of the leg shown in green?

What plexus does this arise from?

Definition

*Femoral Nerve

*Lumbar Plexus

Term

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What innervates the portion shown in light orange in the lower medial leg?

What nerve and plexus does this arise from?

Definition

*Saphenous Nerve

*Division of Femoral Nerve

*From Lumbar Plexus

Term

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What innervates the area of the lower lateral leg shown in orange?

What plexus does this arise from?

From what nerve?

What does it branch into?

Definition

*Common Peroneal Nerve 

*Sacral Plexus

*From Sciatic Nerve

*Branches into superficial peroneal nerve and deep peroneal nerve

*Part of the Sural nerve 

Term

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What innervates the portion shown in solid mint green?

Definition
*Femoral Nerve
Term

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What innervates the area shown in blue near the ankle?

Definition
*Obturator Nerve
Term

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What innervates the area shown in red on lateral leg?

Definition
*Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve
Term

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What innervates the portion of the leg shown in solid yellow?

Definition
*Common Peroneal
Term

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What innervates the portion of the leg shown in green with lines?

Definition
*Saphenous Nerve
Term

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What innervates the portion of the leg shown in dotted yellow covering the lateral foot?

Definition
*Sural Nerve
Term

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What innervates the portion of the anterior dorsal foot not including between the 1st and 2nd toe?

Definition
*Superficial Peroneal Nerve
Term

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What innervates the portion of the foot between the 1st and 2nd toe?

Definition
*Deep Peroneal
Term

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What innervates the plantar surface of the foot?

Definition
*The Posterior Tibial Nerve which branches into the medial and lateral plantar nerves
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