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sacral nerve

[′sak·rəl ′nərv]
(neuroscience)
Any of five pairs of spinal nerves in the sacral region which innervate muscles and skin of the lower back, lower extremities, and perineum, and branches to the hypogastric and pelvic plexuses.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Sagittal and axial plane magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed that sacral nerves were compressed by the angulated sacral vertebral body and lamina on T2-weighted images (Figures 1(c) and 1(d)).
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