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<pre style="color: green">Human Spinal Lumbosacral Nerves - Thigh and upper leg</pre>
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This page is intended to list lumbo-sacral spinal cord nerves of biological human, which connect mind to human limbs and visceral organs.

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Coverage verified by:
* http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/nerve (name base)
* http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves (MA reference)

= LUMBOSACRAL NERVES - THIGH AND UPPER LEG =
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'''motor nuclei/ganglia''':
* [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_VH_PM|Posteromedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.VH.PM]]; NERVES={femoral nerve, thigh, muscular branches, flexor; gluteal nerve, superior; nerve of quadrate muscle of thigh; nerve to psoas muscles; obturator nerve; piriform nerve}
* [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_VH_VM|Ventromedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.VH.VM]]; NERVES={femoral nerve, thigh, muscular branches, extensor; gluteal nerve, inferior; nerve to quadratus lumborum}

'''sensory nuclei/ganglia''':
* [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]]; NERVES={cluneal nerves; coccygeal plexus; cutaneous nerve of thigh, lateral; femoral nerve, thigh, sensory; genitofemoral nerve, thigh; gluteal nerve, superior; nerve of quadrate muscle of thigh; obturator nerve; sciatic nerves, second}

'''nerves''':
* '''cluneal nerves'''; MODALITY={general sensory}; FIBERS={GSA:[[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LMG|Lower Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.LMG]]; GSA:[[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LSG|Lower Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.LSG]]}
** '''cluneal nerves, inferior'''; ORIGIN={posterior femoral cutaneous nerve}; DISTRIBUTION={innervating skin of lower part of buttocks}; MODALITY={general sensory}
*** '''perforating cutaneous nerve''' (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/Ne95.htm PERFORATING CUTANEOUS NERVE]); ORIGIN={S2-S3, one of inferior cluneal nerves which pierces sacrotuberous ligament, absent in one third of population}; DISTRIBUTION={supplies skin over inferomedial gluteus maximus}; MODALITY={general sensory}
**** <img src="http://o.quizlet.com/GcOrDTOBtwf5DOm4P7mrdw.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
** '''cluneal nerves, middle'''; ORIGIN={PLEXUS formed by lateral branches of dorsal branches of S1-S4}; DISTRIBUTION={innervating ligaments of sacrum and skin over posterior buttocks}; MODALITY={general sensory}
** '''cluneal nerves, superior'''; ORIGIN={dorsal branches of the upper lumbar nerves, L1-L3}; DISTRIBUTION={innervating skin of upper part of buttocks}; MODALITY={general sensory}
*** <img src="http://web.uni-plovdiv.bg/stu1104541018/docs/res/anatomy_atlas_-_Patrick_W._Tank/3%20-%20The%20Lower%20Limb_files/C3FF3.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
* '''coccygeal plexus'''; ORIGIN={coccygeal PLEXUS}; MODALITY={general sensory}; FIBERS={GSA:[[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_TRUNK|Trunk,TARGET.TEA.TRUNK]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LMG|Lower Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.LMG]]; GSA:[[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_TRUNK|Trunk,TARGET.TEA.TRUNK]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LSG|Lower Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.LSG]]}
** '''anococcygeal nerve'''; DISTRIBUTION={S5, CX, sacrococcygeal joint, coccyx; coccygeus and levator ani muscles, innervate skin between coccyx and anus}; MODALITY={general sensory}
*** <img src="http://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/962/flashcards/3550962/jpg/pn_18-1423482A58033660B94.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
** '''coccygeal nerve''' (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/Ne56.htm Co1 NERVE]); ORIGIN={either of thirty-first pair of spinal nerves (CX, Co), arising from coccygeal segment of spinal cord}; MODALITY={general sensory}
*** <img src="http://www.iicma.org/Coccyx.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;" height=400>
* '''cutaneous nerve of thigh, lateral''' (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/Ne72.htm LATERAL CUTANEOUS NERVE OF THIGH]; lateral femoral cutaneous nerve); ORIGIN={lumbar PLEXUS L2-L3}; DISTRIBUTION={skin of lateral and frontal aspects of thigh}; MODALITY={general sensory}; FIBERS={GSA:[[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LMG|Lower Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.LMG]]; GSA:[[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LSG|Lower Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.LSG]]}
** <img src="http://www.wehealny.org/services/bi_nervecenter/images/meralgia_tunnel.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
* '''femoral nerve, thigh''' (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/Ne75.htm FEMORAL NERVE]); ORIGIN={lumbar PLEXUS (L2-L4); descending behind the inguinal ligament to the femoral triangle}; BRANCHES={muscular and cutaneous branches}; DISTRIBUTION={skin of thigh and leg, muscles of front of thigh, and hip and knee joints; psoas major, sartorius}; MODALITY={flexor motor, extensor motor, general sensory}; MUSCLES={[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pectineus_muscle Leg - pectineus muscle, femoral] - thigh - flexion, adduction, medial rotation}
** '''femoral nerve, thigh, motor'''; MODALITY={flexor motor, extensor motor}
*** '''femoral nerve, thigh, muscular branches, extensor'''; DISTRIBUTION={muscles of anterior compartment of thigh - sartorius, iliacus, pectiueus, vastus intermedius/lateralis/medialis, rectus femoris}; MODALITY={extensor motor}; MUSCLES={[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articularis_genu_muscle Leg - articularis genu muscle] - pulling the suprapatellar bursa during extension of the knee; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obliquus_genu Leg - obliquus genu muscle] - maintaining patella position and limiting injuries to the knee; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rectus_femoris_muscle Leg - rectus femoris muscle] - knee extension; hip flexion; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vastus_intermedius_muscle Leg - vastus intermedius muscle] - extends knee; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vastus_lateralis_muscle Leg - vastus lateralis muscle] - extends and stabilizes knee; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vastus_intermedius_muscle Leg - vastus medialis muscle] - extends knee}; FIBERS={GSE:[[BrainRegionLPC_SC_VH_VM|Ventromedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.VH.VM]] -> [[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]]}
**** <img src="https://www.dartmouth.edu/~anatomy/Lowerextremity/nerves/tutorial/images/nerves%20with%20arteries/femoral.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
*** '''femoral nerve, thigh, muscular branches, flexor'''; DISTRIBUTION={muscles of anterior compartment of thigh - sartorius, iliacus, pectiueus, vastus intermedius/lateralis/medialis, rectus femoris}; MODALITY={flexor motor}; MUSCLES={[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliacus_muscle Leg - iliacus muscle] - flexes and rotates laterally thigh; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sartorius_muscle Leg - sartorius muscle] - flexion, lateral rotation and abduction of thigh; flexion and medial rotation of leg}; FIBERS={GSE:[[BrainRegionLPC_SC_VH_PM|Posteromedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.VH.PM]] -> [[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]]}
**** <img src="http://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/694/flashcards/597694/jpg/muscles_at_knee_joint1312156562172.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
** '''femoral nerve, thigh, sensory'''; MODALITY={general sensory}; FIBERS={GSA:[[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LMG|Lower Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.LMG]]; GSA:[[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LSG|Lower Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.LSG]]}
*** '''femoral nerve, anterior cutaneous'''; MODALITY={general sensory}
**** '''cutaneous nerve of thigh, intermediate''' (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/Ne76.htm INTERMEDIATE CUTANEOUS NERVE OF THIGH]; anterior cutaneous femoral nerve); ORIGIN={femoral nerve, L2/L3}; DISTRIBUTION={supply the skin of front of thigh right to knee}; MODALITY={general sensory}
***** <img src="http://o.quizlet.com/tq3uDMGj.OpvTmOFN9vOqA.png" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
**** '''cutaneous nerve of thigh, medial''' (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/Ne77.htm MEDIAL CUTANEOUS NERVE OF THIGH]; medial femoral cutaneous nerve); ORIGIN={femoral nerve, L2/L3}; BRANCHES={anterior, posterior}; MODALITY={general sensory}
***** <img src="http://o.quizlet.com/2.7-Aq4CgCMtOJnSBUIAsA.png" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
*** '''femoral nerve, posterior cutaneous'''; MODALITY={general sensory}
**** '''cutaneous nerve of thigh, posterior''' (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/Ne84.htm POSTERIOR CUTANEOUS NERVE OF THIGH]; posterior femoral cutaneous nerve); ORIGIN={femoral nerve, S1-S3}; BRANCHES={inferior cluneal nerves and perineal branches}; DISTRIBUTION={skin of buttock, external genitalia, and back of thigh and calf}; MODALITY={general sensory}
***** <img src="http://o.quizlet.com/i/VdcQbe0TshrRdOzz9AuRGw.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
* '''genitofemoral nerve, thigh''' (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/Ne71.htm GENITOFEMORAL NERVE]); ORIGIN={lumbar PLEXUS (L1-L2)}; BRANCHES={femoral branches}; DISTRIBUTION={adjacent area of thigh and femoral triangle}; MODALITY={general sensory}; FIBERS={GSA:[[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LMG|Lower Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.LMG]]; GSA:[[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LSG|Lower Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.LSG]]}
** '''genitofemoral nerve, femoral branch''' (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/Ne208.htm FEMORAL BRANCH OF GENITOFEMORAL NERVE]); ORIGIN={genitofemoral nerve (L1-L2)}; DISTRIBUTION={supply skin over sheath}; MODALITY={general sensory}
*** <img src="http://www.spinalmodulation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ann-surg-results_ILLU120912-2.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
* '''gluteal nerve'''; MODALITY={flexor motor, extensor motor, general sensory}
** '''gluteal nerve, inferior''' (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/Ne83.htm INFERIOR GLUTEAL NERVE]); ORIGIN={sacral PLEXUS (L5-S2)}; DISTRIBUTION={gluteus maximus muscle}; MODALITY={extensor motor}; MUSCLES={[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluteus_maximus_muscle Leg - gluteus maximus muscle] - external rotation and extension of the hip joint, supports the extended knee through the iliotibial tract, chief antigravity muscle in sitting}; FIBERS={GSE:[[BrainRegionLPC_SC_VH_VM|Ventromedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.VH.VM]] -> [[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]]}
*** <img src="http://www.pudendalhope.info/sites/default/files/AC1357_01.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;" height=500>
** '''gluteal nerve, superior''' (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/Ne82.htm SUPERIOR GLUTEAL NERVE]); ORIGIN={sacral PLEXUS (L4-S1)}; DISTRIBUTION={gluteus medius and minimus muscles, tensor fasciae latae, and hip joint}; MODALITY={flexor motor, general sensory}; MUSCLES={[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluteus_medius_muscle Leg - gluteus medius muscle] - abduction of the hip; preventing adduction of the hip. Medial rotation of thigh; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluteus_minimus_muscle Leg - gluteus minimus muscle] - Works in concert with gluteus medius: abduction of the hip; preventing adduction of the hip. Medial rotation of thigh; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor_fasciae_latae Leg - tensor fasciae latae muscle] - Thigh - flexion, medial rotation. Trunk stabilization}; FIBERS={GSA:[[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LMG|Lower Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.LMG]]; GSA:[[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LSG|Lower Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.LSG]]; GSE:[[BrainRegionLPC_SC_VH_PM|Posteromedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.VH.PM]] -> [[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]]}
*** <img src="http://web.uni-plovdiv.bg/stu1104541018/docs/res/skandalakis%27%20surgical%20anatomy%20-%202004/Chapter%2028_%20Pelvis%20and%20Perineum_fichiers/loadBinaryCA02DNWW.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
* '''nerve of quadrate muscle of thigh''' (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/Ne79.htm NERVE TO QUADRATUS FEMORIS]); ORIGIN={lumbosacral plexus (L4/L5, S1), ventral branches}; DISTRIBUTION={inferior gemellus muscle, anterior quadratus muscle of thigh, hip joint}; MODALITY={flexor motor, general sensory}; MUSCLES={[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferior_gemellus_muscle Leg - gemellus inferior muscle] - rotates laterally thigh; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadratus_femoris_muscle Leg - quadratus femoris muscle] - lateral rotation of thigh}; FIBERS={GSA:[[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LMG|Lower Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.LMG]]; GSA:[[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LSG|Lower Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.LSG]]; GSE:[[BrainRegionLPC_SC_VH_PM|Posteromedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.VH.PM]] -> [[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]]}
** <img src="http://accweb.itr.maryville.edu/myu/image/SacralPlexusReal.gif" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
* '''nerve to psoas muscles'''; ORIGIN={lumbar plexus via anterior branches of L1-L3 nerves}; MODALITY={flexor motor}; MUSCLES={[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psoas_major_muscle Leg - psoas major muscle] - flexes and rotates laterally thigh; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psoas_minor_muscle Leg - psoas minor muscle] - weak trunk flexor}; FIBERS={GSE:[[BrainRegionLPC_SC_VH_PM|Posteromedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.VH.PM]] -> [[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]]}
* '''nerve to quadratus lumborum'''; ORIGIN={lumbosacral plexus (L1/L4), ventral branches}; DISTRIBUTION={quadratus lumborum is a muscle in the lower back}; MODALITY={extensor motor}; MUSCLES={[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadratus_lumborum_muscle Trunk - quadratus lumborum muscle] - extension of lumbar vertebral column, with bilateral contraction; alone, lateral flexion of vertebral column; together, depression of thoracic rib cage}; FIBERS={GSE:[[BrainRegionLPC_SC_VH_VM|Ventromedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.VH.VM]] -> [[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_TRUNK|Trunk,TARGET.TEA.TRUNK]]}
** <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Quadratuslumborum.png" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
* '''obturator nerve''' (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/Ne11.htm OBTURATOR NERVE]); MODALITY={flexor motor, general sensory}; FIBERS={GSA:[[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LMG|Lower Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.LMG]]; GSA:[[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LSG|Lower Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.LSG]]; GSE:[[BrainRegionLPC_SC_VH_PM|Posteromedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.VH.PM]] -> [[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]]}
** '''obturator nerve, accessory''' (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/Ne74.htm ACCESSORY OBTURATOR NERVE]); ORIGIN={ventral branches of ventral branches of L3-L4}; DISTRIBUTION={pectineus muscle, hip joint}; MODALITY={flexor motor, general sensory}; MUSCLES={[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pectineus_muscle Leg - pectineus muscle, obturator] - thigh - flexion, adduction, medial rotation}
*** <img src="http://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/788/flashcards/402788/jpg/adductor_brevis__gracilis1332181558523.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
** '''obturator nerve, internal''' (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/ne80.htm NERVE TO OBTURATOR INTERNUS]); ORIGIN={ventral branches of ventral branches of L5, S1-S2}; DISTRIBUTION={posterior gemellus superior muscle and obturator internus muscle}; MODALITY={flexor motor, general sensory}; MUSCLES={[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_gemellus_muscle Leg - gemellus superior muscle] - rotates laterally thigh; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obturator_internus_muscle Leg - obturator internus muscle] - abducts  rotates laterally thigh, and stabiliser of the hip during walking}
*** <img src="http://i1251.photobucket.com/albums/hh551/vladimirzec/Anatomija%20ljudskog%20pokreta/pelvitrohantericnimisici_zpsc7590667.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
** '''obturator nerve, proper''' (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/Ne73.htm OBTURATOR NERVE]); ORIGIN={lumbar PLEXUS L3-L4}; BRANCHES={anterior, posterior, and muscular branches}; DISTRIBUTION={adductor muscles (adductor brevis, adductor longus, adductor magnus) and gracilis muscle, skin of medial part of thigh, and hip and knee joints, obturator externus}; MODALITY={flexor motor, general sensory}; MUSCLES={[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adductor_brevis_muscle Leg - adductor brevis muscle] - adduction of hip; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adductor_longus_muscle Leg - adductor longus muscle] - adduction of thigh; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adductor_magnus_muscle Leg - adductor magnus muscle, obturator] - adduction of hip; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adductor_minimus_muscle Leg - adductor minimus muscle, obturator] - adduction and lateral rotation of thigh; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracilis_muscle Leg - gracilis muscle] - flexes hip, knee; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obturator_externus_muscle Leg - obturator externus muscle] - adduct thigh, rotate laterally thigh}
*** <img src="http://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/807/flashcards/589807/png/screen_shot_2011-07-20_at_11.16.16_am1311185841879.png" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
* '''sciatic nerves, second'''; MODALITY={flexor motor, general sensory}; FIBERS={GSA:[[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LMG|Lower Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.LMG]]; GSA:[[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LSG|Lower Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.LSG]]}
** '''piriform nerve''' (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/Ne81.htm NERVE TO PIRIFORMIS]); ORIGIN={dorsal branches of ventral branches of sacral PLEXUS S1-S2}; DISTRIBUTION={anterior piriform muscle}; MODALITY={general sensory, flexor motor}; MUSCLES={[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piriformis_muscle Leg - piriformis muscle] - rotate laterally (outward) the thigh}; FIBERS={GSE:[[BrainRegionLPC_SC_VH_PM|Posteromedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.VH.PM]] -> [[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LEG|Leg,TARGET.TEA.LEG]]}
*** <img src="http://teachmeanatomy.info/wp-content/uploads/Posterior-View-of-the-Lower-Limb-Anatomical-Course-of-the-Sciatic-Nerve.png" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">