ANTERIOR CRURAL NERVE
Dictionary entry overview: What does anterior crural nerve mean? • ANTERIOR CRURAL NERVE (noun)
The noun ANTERIOR CRURAL NERVE has 1 sense:
1. one of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh
Familiarity information: ANTERIOR CRURAL NERVE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ANTERIOR CRURAL NERVE (noun)
Meaning:
One of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
anterior crural nerve; femoral nerve; nervus femoralis
Hypernyms ("anterior crural nerve" is a kind of...):
nervus spinalis; spinal nerve (any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal))
Holonyms ("anterior crural nerve" is a part of...):
thigh (the part of the leg between the hip and the knee)
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