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sacral plexus

noun

  1. a nerve network originating from the nerves of the sacral spine and innervating large areas of the lower trunk and legs, especially via the sciatic nerves.


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The last lumbar and the four upper sacral unite to form the sacral plexus.

In other cases the pain appears to be neuralgic in character, and is referable to the fifth sacral and the coccygeal nerves, or to the terminal branches of the sacral plexus distributed in this region.

The last three lumbar and the sacral nerves form a sacral plexus, supplying the hind limb.

I may dismiss the other branches of the sacral plexus in a few words.

Injuries of the lower thoracic and upper lumbar vertebræ, therefore, may produce complete paralysis within the area of distribution of the lumbar and sacral plexuses.

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