Patellar plexus

Patellar plexus
Cutaneous nerves of the right lower extremity. Front and posterior views. (Patellar plexus visible but not labeled.)
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Latin	Plexus Patellaris
*Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy* [edit on Wikidata]

It is a plexus of fine nerves situated in front of the patella, the ligamentum patellae and the upper end of the tibia. It is formed by contribution from the following:

1)The anterior division of lateral cutaneous nerve

2)The intermediate cutaneous nerve

3)The anterior division of the medial cutaneous nerve

4)The infrapatellar branch of saphenous nerve.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Nerves of the lumbosacral plexus

Lumbar plexus

iliohypogastric	lateral cutaneous branch anterior cutaneous branch

ilioinguinal	anterior scrotal ♂/labial ♀

genitofemoral	femoral branch genital branch

Lateral cutaneous	patellar

obturator	anterior cutaneous posterior accessory

femoral	anterior cutaneous branches saphenous (infrapatellar medial crural cutaneous

sacral plexus

sciatic

common peroneal	lateral sural cutaneous communicating branch deep peroneal lateral terminal branch medial terminal branch dorsal digital superficial peroneal medial dorsal cutaneous intermediate dorsal cutaneous dorsal digital

tibial	medial sural cutaneous medial calcaneal medial plantar (common plantar digital nerves proper plantar digital) lateral plantar (deep branch superficial branch common plantar digital proper plantar digital)

sural	lateral dorsal cutaneous lateral calcaneal

other

coccygeal plexus

cutaneous innervation of the lower limbs

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