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How are messages from the femoral nerve sent to the brain?
Messages from the femoral nerve are sent to the brain through a series of electrical impulses. These impulses travel along the nerve fibers of the femoral nerve until they reach the spinal cord, where they are then transmitted up to the brain via the spinal cord's sensory pathways. Once in the brain, the messages are interpreted and processed to produce a response or sensation.
What nerve controls quadriceps muscle group?
Femoral nerve
What are some parts of the frog's nervous system?
Olfactory nerve, Optic nerve, Nasal sack, Trigeminal nerve, Gasserian ganglion, Facial nerve, Auditory nerve, Tympanic membrane, Glossopharyngeal nerve, pneumogastric nerve, First spinal nerve, Branchial enlargement, Branchial nerve, Third spinal nerve, fourth spinal nerve, fifth spinal nerve, sixth spinal nerve, seventh spinal nerve, eighth spinal nerve, ninth spinal nerve, tenth spinal nerve, Femoral nerve, Sciatic nerve, Sympathetic nerve trunk, Lumbar enlargement, Sympathetic ganglia, and Filum terminale.
Which nerve plexus contains the femoral nerve?
The femoral nerve is part of the lumbar plexus. It arises from the anterior divisions of the L2 to L4 spinal nerves. The lumbar plexus mostly innervates the lower limb muscles and skin.
What nerve is tested for patellar reflex?
The Femoral nerve. Wikipedia: Striking the patellar tendon with a tendon hammer just below the patella stretches the quadriceps muscles in the thigh. This stimulates stretch sensory receptors (i.e. muscle spindles) to trigger an afferent impulse in a sensory Ia-nerve fiber of the femoral nerve which synapses (without interneurones) at the level of L4 in the spinal cord, completely independent of higher centres.
Afferent nerve fibers enter the part of the spinal cord called?
Afferent nerve fibers enter the spinal cord through the dorsal roots.
What major nerves serve the anterior thigh?
The major nerves that serve the anterior thigh are the femoral nerve and the obturator nerve. The femoral nerve innervates the quadriceps muscles, while the obturator nerve innervates the adductor muscles of the thigh.
What major nerves arise from the sacral?
The nerves that arise from the lumbar plexus are femoral, obturator, lateral femoral cutaneous, genitofemoral, illoinguinal and illohypogastric nerve. As part of lumbosacral plexus, it is the nervous plexus that is found in the lumbar region.
What structure pass through the adductor subsartorial canal?
femoral artery and femoral vein, saphenous nerve and nerve to vastus medialis
What contains the cranial nerve and spinal nerve?
Spinal Accessory Nerve
Can you have pain in leg if you have back pain?
The short answer is No (although you may have pain on the front side of your thigh from the "femoral or subcutaneous femoral nerve" (or othter spinal nerves). You may also feel "referred" pain, in the lower front portion of your leg from another spinal nerve (such as L3-4). The longer answer simply involves knowing where the sciatic nerve runs. Taken from another answer : The sciatic nerve is the largest and longest nerve in the body. About the thickness of a person's thumb, it spans from the lower back to the foot. The nerve originates in the lower part of the spinal cord, the so-called lumbar region. As it branches off from the spinal cord, it passes between the bony vertebrae (the component bones of the spine) and runs through the pelvic girdle, or hip bones. The nerve passes through the hip joint and continues down the B A C K of the leg to the foot.
What are the 31 spinal nerves called?
The proper name is Mixed Spinal Nerve.They do not have individual names, however. They are referred to by their number, with number one just above the first rib and the 31st going through the foramen between sacral 4 & 5.
