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Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System: Lumbosacral Plexuses

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System

Lumbosacral Plexuses

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD

Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed


A prefixed plexus in which the third and fourth sacral nerves both contribute to the lumbar and sacral plexuses. Ifc, obt, fem. and Sc identify the lateral femoral cutaneous, obturator, femoral, and sciatic nerves, respectively; sga is the superior gluteal artery.

(From part of original of Fig. 1, Horwitz, M. T.: Anat. Rec. 74:91, 1939.)

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