Leg

• sciatic nerve

  Arises from the sacral plexus and passes about halfway down the thigh where it divides...

• saphenous nerve

  A branch of the femoral nerve that supplies cutaneous branches to the inner aspect...

Also contains

• cranial nerve

  Any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem.

• spinal nerve

  Any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached...

• nerve fiber

  A threadlike extension of a nerve cell.

• motor nerve

  A nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands.

• sensory nerve

  A nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous syst...

• ulnar nerve

  A nerve running along the inner side of the arm and passing near the elbow; supplies...

• synapse

  The junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle; "nerve...

• depressor

  Any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it ser...

• radicle

  (anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve).

• radial nerve

  Largest branch of the brachial plexus; extends down the humerus to the lateral epicondyle...

• splanchnic nerve

  Any of several nerves of the sympathetic part of the autonomic nervous system that...