FEMORAL NERVE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does femoral nerve mean? 

• FEMORAL NERVE (noun)
  The noun FEMORAL 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: FEMORAL NERVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEMORAL 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 ("femoral 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 ("femoral nerve" is a part of...):

thigh (the part of the leg between the hip and the knee)