Lumbosacral plexus
Femoral and obturator nerves
What are the nerves from the lumbar plexus?
These 3 muscles are responsible for knee flexion
biceps femoris, semimenbranosus, semitendinosus
quad muscles
What is the femoral nerve?
Medial knee
What is L3?
Pain in the gluteal region with radiating pain down the posterior thigh and leg
What is piriformis syndrome?
Sciatic and pudendal nerves
What are the nerves from the sacral plexus?
These 4 muscles are responsible for knee extension
rectus femoris, vastus medialis, lateralis, and intermedius
adductor muscles
What is the obturator nerve?
Medial ankle and anterior knee
What is L4?
Pain in the low back radiating to the posterior thigh, leg, and lateral ankle, reproduced with straight leg raise
What is lumbar radiculopathy?
The branches of the sciatic nerve
What are the common peroneal and tibial nerves?
These muscles abduct the hip
What are the gluteus medius, minimus?
hamstring muscles
What is the sciatic nerve?
Lateral ankle
What is S1?
Numbness on the lateral thigh
What is lateral femoral cutaneous neuropathy?
branches of the common peroneal nerve
What are the deep and superficial peroneal nerves?
This large muscle extends the hip
What is the gluteus maximus?
gluteus maximus
What is the inferior gluteal nerve?
Dorsal foot
What is L5?
Previous pelvic surgery with scar tissue and ongoing numbness in the medial thigh
What is obturator nerve entrapment?
The main nerve from L2-L4 and the main nerve from L4-S2
What are the femoral and sciatic nerves?
The muscles that plantarflex the foot
What are the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles?
The exception of the adductor muscles that is 1/2 innervated by the sciatic nerve?
What is 1/2 of the adductor magnus?
Plantar foot
What is S1?
Gluteal pain that radiates to the genitalia?
What is pudendal neuralgia?