Peripheral Nerve
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- accessory phrenic nerve
- alveolar nerve
- anococcygeal nerve
- ansa cervicales
- anterior (medial) femoral cutaneous nerve (anterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh)
- anterior (ventral) ramus of spinal nerve
- anterior ampullary nerve
- anterior auricular nerve
- anterior ethmoidal nerve
- anterior interosseous (antebrachial) nerve
- anterior labial nerve
- anterior scrotal nerve
- anterior superior alveolar nerve
- aortic nerve (Cyon nerve, depressor nerve of Ludwig)
- auriculotemporal nerve
- axillary nerve (circumflex nerve)
- brachial plexus
- buccal branch of facial nerve (CN VII)
- buccal nerve (buccinator nerve)
- calcaneal branch of tibial nerve
- caroticotympanic nerve (small deep petrosal nerve)
- cavernous nerve of the clitoris
- cavernous nerve of the penis
- cervical branch of facial nerve (CN VII)
- chorda tympani
- coccygeal nerve
- cochlear nerve
- common fibular (peroneal) nerve
- common palmar digital nerve
- common plantar digital nerve
- crural interosseous nerve
- cutaneous nerves of the thigh
- deep fibular (peroneal) nerve
- deep petrosal nerve
- deep temporal nerve
- dorsal digital nerves of hand
- dorsal digital nerves of ulnar nerve
- dorsal nerve of the clitoris
- dorsal nerve of the penis
- dorsal root of spinal nerve
- dorsal scapular nerve
- ethmoidal nerve
- external carotid nerve
- external laryngeal nerve
- femoral nerve
- frontal nerve
- genitofemoral nerve
- great auricular nerve
- greater occipital nerve
- greater palatine nerve
- greater petrosal nerve
- hypogastric nerve
- iliohypogastric nerve
- ilioinguinal nerve
- inferior alveolar (dental) nerve
- inferior anal nerve
- inferior clunial nerve
- inferior gluteal nerve
- inferior laryngeal nerve
- inferior palpebral branch of infraorbital nerve
- inferior/lower lateral brachial cutaneous nerve
- infraorbital nerve
- infratrochear nerve
- infratrochlear nerve
- intercostal nerve
- intercostobrachial nerve
- intermediate dorsal cutaneous nerve
- intermediate nerve (Wrisberg nerve)
- intermediate/middle supraclavicular nerve
- internal carotid nerve
- internal laryngeal nerve
- jugular nerve
- lacrimal nerve
- lateral ampullar nerve
- lateral cutaneous nerve of the forearm (lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve)
- lateral dorsal cutaneous nerve
- lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh)
- lateral pectoral nerve
- lateral plantar nerve
- lateral supraclavicular nerve
- lateral sural cutaneous nerve (lateral cutaneous nerve of the calf)
- lesser occipital nerve
- lesser palatine nerve
- lesser petrosal nerve
- lingual nerve
- long ciliary nerve
- long thoracic nerve
- lumbosacral trunk
- mandibular branch of facial nerve (CN VII)
- mandibular nerve (CN V-3)
- masseteric nerve
- maxillary nerve (CN V-2)
- medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve (medial cutaneous nerve of the forearm)
- medial brachial cutaneous nerve (medial cutaneous nerve of the arm, Wrisberg nerve)
- medial clunial nerve
- medial cutaneous nerve of leg (medial crural cutaneous nerve)
- medial dorsal cutaneous nerve
- medial pectoral nerve
- medial plantar nerve
- medial supraclavicular nerve
- medial sural cutaneous nerve (popliteal communicating nerve, tibial communicating nerve)
- median nerve
- mental nerve
- middle superior alveolar nerve
- motor nerve
- musculocutaneous nerve
- nasociliary nerve
- nasopalatine nerve
- nerve of the pterygoid canal
- nerve to abductor digiti minimi pedis
- nerve to abductor hallucis longus
- nerve to abductor pollicis longus
- nerve to adductor brevis
- nerve to adductor longus
- nerve to adductor magnus
- nerve to biceps brachii
- nerve to biceps femoris
- nerve to brachialis
- nerve to brachioradialis
- nerve to coccygeus
- nerve to coracobrachialis
- nerve to dorsal interosseous manus
- nerve to extensor carpi radialis brevis
- nerve to extensor carpi radialis longus
- nerve to extensor carpi ulnaris
- nerve to extensor digiti minimi
- nerve to extensor digitorum
- nerve to extensor indicis
- nerve to extensor pollicis brevis
- nerve to extensor pollicis longus
- nerve to flexor carpi radialis
- nerve to flexor digitorum brevis
- nerve to flexor digitorum longus
- nerve to flexor digitorum superficialis
- nerve to flexor hallucis longus
- nerve to flexor pollicis longus
- nerve to gastrocnemius
- nerve to gracilis
- nerve to hypothenar/abductor digiti minimi/flexor digiti minimi/opponens digiti minimi muscle
- nerve to iliopsoas
- nerve to latissimus dorsi
- nerve to levator ani
- nerve to levator scapulae
- nerve to lumbricalis manus
- nerve to obturator externus
- nerve to obturator internus
- nerve to palmar interossei
- nerve to palmaris longus
- nerve to pectineus
- nerve to piriformis
- nerve to plantaris
- nerve to popliteus
- nerve to pronator quadratus
- nerve to pronator teres
- nerve to quadratus femoris
- nerve to quadratus plantae
- nerve to rectus femoris
- nerve to rhomboid, major/minor
- nerve to sartorius
- nerve to semimembranosus
- nerve to serratus anterior
- nerve to soleus
- nerve to subscapularis
- nerve to supinator
- nerve to teres major
- nerve to the anconeus
- nerve to the deltoid
- nerve to the external acoustic meatus
- nerve to the flexor carpi ulnaris
- nerve to the flexor digitorum profundus
- nerve to the infraspinatus
- nerve to the mylohyoid
- nerve to the pectoralis major
- nerve to the pectoralis minor
- nerve to the stapedius
- nerve to the subclavius
- nerve to the supraspinatus
- nerve to the tensor tympani
- nerve to the tensor veli palatini
- nerve to the teres minor
- nerve to the trapezius
- nerve to the triceps brachii
- nerve to thenar muscle
- nerve to thyrohyoid, (thyrohyoid branch of ansa cervicalis)
- nerve to tibialis posterior
- nerve to vastus muscles
- nerves of the foot
- obturator nerve
- occipital nerve
- ophthalmic nerve (CN V-1)
- palmar digital nerve
- perineal nerve
- pharyngeal nerve
- phrenic nerve
- plantar digital nerve
- posterior (dorsal) ramus of spinal nerve
- posterior ampullary nerve
- posterior auricular nerve
- posterior brachial cutaneous nerve (posterior cutaneous nerve of the arm)
- posterior cutaneous nerve of the forearm (posterior antebrachial cutaneous nerve)
- posterior ethmoidal nerve
- posterior femoral cutaneous nerve (posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh)
- posterior inferior nasal nerve
- posterior interosseous (antebrachial) nerve
- posterior labial nerve
- posterior scrotal nerve
- posterior superior alveolar nerve
- posterior superior nasal nerve
- posterior tibial nerve
- proper palmar digital nerve
- proper plantar digital nerve
- pterygoid nerve
- pudendal nerve (dorsal nerve of penis/clitoris)
- radial nerve
- rami communicantes
- recurrent laryngeal nerve
- saccular nerve
- saphenous nerve
- sciatic nerve
- sensory nerve
- short ciliary nerve
- somatic nerve
- spinal nerve
- splanchnic nerve
- subclavian nerve
- subcostal nerve
- sublingual nerve
- suboccipital nerve
- subscapular nerve
- superficial fibular (peroneal) nerve
- superior alveolar nerve; superior dental nerve; superior gingival nerve
- superior clunial nerve
- superior gluteal nerve
- superior labial branch of infraorbital nerve
- superior laryngeal nerve
- superior lateral cutaneous nerve of arm (upper lateral brachial cutaneous nerve)
- supraclavicular nerve
- supraorbital nerve
- suprascapular nerve
- supratrochlear nerve
- sural nerve (short or external saphenous nerve)
- sympathetic trunk (ganglionic chain)
- temporal branch of facial nerve (CN VII)
- tentorial nerve
- terminal nerve
- third occipital nerve
- thoracic cardiac branch of vagus nerve
- thoracoabdominal nerve
- thoracodorsal nerve
- tibial nerve
- Tiedemann nerve
- tonsillar branch of glossopharyngeal nerve
- tonsillar branch of lesser palatine nerve
- transverse cervical nerve
- tympanic nerve (Andersh nerve, Jacobson nerve)
- ulnar nerve
- utricular nerve
- utriculoampullar nerve
- vaginal nerve
- Valentin nerve
- ventral root of spinal nerve
- vertebral nerve
- vestibular nerve
- zygomatic branch of facial nerve (CN VII)
- zygomatic nerve
- zygomaticofacial nerve
- zygomaticotemporal nerve
Introduction
- One or more bundles of nerve fibers passing outside of the CNS along which sensory information is conveyed from the periphery to the CNS &/or motor instructions are carried to the periphery by electrical impulses in the form of action potentials.
More General Terms
Additional Terms
- age-associated changes in the peripheral nervous system
- entrapment neuropathy; nerve entrapment syndrome; pinched nerve
- nerve biopsy
- nerve conduction
- nerve fiber
- nerve growth factor [NGF]-beta (NGFB)
- nerve root
- nerve sheath tumor
- neuropathic pain
- peripheral nerve disease; peripheral neuropathy
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
