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obturator nerve

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obturator nerve [′äb·tə‚rād·ər ¦nərv]
(neuroscience)
A mixed nerve arising in the lumbar plexus; innervates the adductor, gracilis, and obturator externus muscles, and the skin of the medial aspect of the thigh, hip, and knee joints.
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[FIGURES 3-4 OMITTED] The popliteal fossa contains numerous structures including the common peroneal and tibial nerves, popliteal artery and vein, posterior femoral cutaneous nerve, the genicular branch of the obturator nerve, the small saphenous vein, lymph nodes, bursae and fat (Figure 4).
Anatomy in practice: the Popliteus muscle by Woodley, Stephanie; Mercer, Susan / New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy
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Furthermore in one of the most detailed studies of the nerve supply of the human knee joint Gardner (1948) described the innervation of the anteromedial portion of the infrapatellar fat pad to arise from branches of the saphenous, tibial and obturator nerves and the nerve to vastus medialis, while the anterolateral portion is supplied by articular branches from the nerve to vastus lateralis, the tibial, recurrent peroneal and common peroneal nerves.
Anatomy of the infrapatellar fat pad by Swan, Ann; Mercer, Susan / New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy
 
 
 
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