Lumbosacral plexus

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Lumbosacral plexus
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Plan of lumbar plexus.
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Details
Latin plexus lumbosacralis
Identifiers
MeSH A08.800.800.720.450
Dorlands
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p_24/12648087
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Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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The anterior divisions of the lumbar nerves, sacral nerves, and coccygeal nerve form the lumbosacral plexus, the first lumbar nerve being frequently joined by a branch from the twelfth thoracic. For descriptive purposes this plexus is usually divided into three parts:

Injuries to the lumbosacral plexus are predominantly witnessed as bone injuries. Lumbosacral trunk and sacral plexus palsies are common injury patterns.[1]

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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