English noun: femoral nerve | |||
| 1. | femoral nerve (body) one of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh | ||
| Synonyms | anterior crural nerve, nervus femoralis | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | nervus spinalis, spinal nerve | ||
| Part meronym | thigh | ||