obturator nerve
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Related to obturator nerve: Nerve to obturator internus
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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