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TAKE THE QUIZ“cutaneous nerve”
The following 4 entries include the term cutaneous nerve.
lateral brachial cutaneous nerve
noun: a continuation of the posterior branch of the axillary nerve that supplies the skin of the lateral aspect of the upper arm over the distal part of the deltoid muscle and the adjacent head of the triceps brachii
lateral femoral cutaneous nerve
noun: a nerve that arises from the lumbar plexus by the association of branches from the dorsal parts of the ventral divisions of the second and third lumbar nerves and that supplies the anterior and lateral aspects of the thigh down to the knee compare posterior femoral cutaneous nerve
posterior brachial cutaneous nerve
noun: a branch of the radial nerve that arises on the medial side of the arm in the axilla and supplies the skin on the dorsal surface almost to the olecranon
posterior femoral cutaneous nerve
noun: a nerve that arises from the sacral plexus, leaves the pelvis in company with the sciatic nerve through the greater sciatic foramen, and is distributed to the skin of the perineum and of the back of the thigh and leg compare lateral femoral cutaneous nerve
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