WordNet
femoral nerve
n. one of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh [syn: nervus femoralis, anterior crural nerve]
Wikipedia
Femoral nerve
The femoral nerve is a nerve in the thigh that supplies skin on the upper thigh and inner leg, and the muscles that extend the knee.
Usage examples of "femoral nerve".
She cut away the rotten ulcerations, working perilously close to the artery and the white cord of the femoral nerve.