sacral plexus

American  

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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Example Sentences

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

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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.

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

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Anæsthesia existed over the whole area of skin supplied by the nerves of the sacral plexus, hyperæsthesia over that supplied by the lumbar nerves.

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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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