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The following 2 entries include the term femoral cutaneous nerve.
lateral femoral cutaneous nerve
noun: a nerve that arises from the lumbar plexus by the association of branches from the dorsal parts of the ventral divisions of the second and third lumbar nerves and that supplies the anterior and lateral aspects of the thigh down to the knee compare posterior femoral cutaneous nerve
posterior femoral cutaneous nerve
noun: a nerve that arises from the sacral plexus, leaves the pelvis in company with the sciatic nerve through the greater sciatic foramen, and is distributed to the skin of the perineum and of the back of the thigh and leg compare lateral femoral cutaneous nerve
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