Anatom3DFemoral nerve
Nervus femoralis · Stehenní nerv
Nervous system
Looks like
A thick nerve running from the groin down the front of the thigh.
What it does
Straightens the knee and feels the front of the thigh and the inner shin.
Keeping it well
Nothing routine; if it fails, the knee gives way on stairs.
Its parts
Related conditions
- Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
- Botulism
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Chronic neuropathic pain
- Chronic pain syndrome
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Fibromyalgia
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Lyme disease
- Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
- Lymphoedema
- Myasthenia gravis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Rabies
- Restless legs syndrome
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Tetanus
- Varicose veins
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies