Anatom3DInfrapatellar branch of saphenous nerve
Ramus infrapatellaris nervi sapheni · Podčéšková větev skrytého nervu
Nervous system
Looks like
A branch of the saphenous nerve crossing below the kneecap from inside outward.
What it does
Brings feeling from the skin in front of and below the kneecap.
Keeping it well
Often cut in knee replacement or arthroscopy incisions, leaving a harmless numb patch outside the knee scar.
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