Patellar plexus
Appearance
Patellar plexus | |
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![]() Cutaneous nerves of right lower extremity. Front view. (Patellar plexus visible but not labeled.) | |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
The terminal filaments of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve frequently communicate with the anterior cutaneous branches of the femoral nerve, and with the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve, forming with them the patellar plexus (or peripatellar plexus).
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 953 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)