Patellar plexus
| Nerve: Patellar plexus |
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| Cutaneous nerves of the right lower extremity. Front and posterior views. (Patellar plexus visible but not labeled.) |
| Gray's |
subject #212 953 |
The terminal filaments of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve frequently communicate with the anterior cutaneous branches of the femoral nerve, and with the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve, forming with them the patellar plexus (also called the peripatellar plexus).
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