femoral nerve

Long nerve down the thigh and inner leg
Thing chiral_nerve_type Q545676
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femoral nerve

Summary

femoral nerve is a chiral nerve type[1]. It draws 388 Wikipedia views per month (chiral_nerve_type category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • femoral nerve's instance of is recorded as chiral nerve type[3].
  • femoral nerve's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[4].
  • femoral nerve is a type of nerve[5].
  • femoral nerve is a type of peripheral nerve[6].
  • femoral nerve's Commons category is recorded as Femoral nerve[7].
  • femoral nerve's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[8].
  • femoral nerve's innervates is recorded as iliacus muscle[9].
  • femoral nerve's innervates is recorded as pectineus muscle[10].
  • femoral nerve's innervates is recorded as sartorius muscle[11].
  • femoral nerve's innervates is recorded as vastus intermedius muscle[12].
  • femoral nerve's anatomical branch of is recorded as posterior part of lumbar plexus[13].
  • femoral nerve's has anatomical branch is recorded as anterior cutaneous branches of the femoral nerve[14].
  • femoral nerve's has anatomical branch is recorded as muscular branch of femoral nerve[15].
  • femoral nerve's has anatomical branch is recorded as saphenous nerve[16].
  • femoral nerve's has anatomical branch is recorded as nerve to quadriceps femoris[17].
  • femoral nerve's has anatomical branch is recorded as pectineus branch of femoral nerve[18].
  • femoral nerve's has anatomical branch is recorded as nerve to articularis genus[19].
  • femoral nerve's has anatomical branch is recorded as nerve to iliacus[20].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chiral nerve type[3] and class of anatomical entity[4]. Recorded subclass of include nerve[5] and peripheral nerve[6].

Why It Matters

femoral nerve draws 388 Wikipedia views per month (chiral_nerve_type category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Anatomy and Human Movement Structure and Function 6th edition. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Anatomy and Human Movement Structure and Function 6th edition. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Anatomy and Human Movement Structure and Function 6th edition. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Anatomy and Human Movement Structure and Function 6th edition. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Comfyquiettree · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has anatomical branch anterior cutaneous branches of the femoral nerve, muscular branch of femoral nerve, saphenous nerve +4
    Anatomical branch of posterior part of lumbar plexus
    Described by source Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)
    Innervates iliacus muscle, pectineus muscle, sartorius muscle +1
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3471]]: 27775, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/78314973|Nervus femoralis (#78314973)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/2686|WikiSkripta]] #mix'"
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