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OBTURATOR NERVE [7 records]

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Record 1 2018-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Genitourinary Tract
Universal entry(ies)
canalis pudendalis
Latin
A09.5.04.003
classification system code, see observation
DEF

The tunnel in the special fascial sheath through which the pudendal vessels and nerve pass; it is intimately related to the obturator fascia.

OBS

pudendal canal: term derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A09.5.04.003: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Appareil génito-urinaire
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
canalis pudendalis
Latin
A09.5.04.003
classification system code, see observation
OBS

canal pudendal : terme dérivé de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A09.5.04.003 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Muscles and Tendons
CONT

The most important example of referred pain is pain felt in the knee(referred to the knee) but arising from a painful lesion in the hip due to the obturator nerve pattern of hip pain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Muscles et tendons
DEF

Douleur prenant son origine dans un organe ou tissu et ressentie à distance. Ex. : douleur brachiale de l'insuffisance coronarienne.

OBS

Le terme "douleur projetée" a été privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Músculos y tendones
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Record 3 2011-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Muscles and Tendons
DEF

A muscle originating at the front of the pubic in the angle between the crest and the symphysis pubis. It is inserted into the middle third of linea aspera of femur, fused with the medial intermuscular septum. It is supplied by the anterior division of the obturator nerve, and adducts, flexes, and medially rotates the thigh.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muscles et tendons
DEF

Muscle de la région médiale de la cuisse. Tendu du pubis au fémur, il est adducteur de la cuisse et participe à sa flexion.

OBS

Ancienne nomenclature : muscle moyen adducteur; muscle premier adducteur.

Key term(s)
  • muscle long adducteur

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Muscles and Tendons
DEF

A muscle that originates from the pecten of the pubis and the bone in front of it, and from the pectineal fascia. It is inserted onto the upper part of the pectineal line behind and below the lesser trochanter of the femur. The femoral or, occasionally, the obturator nerve supplies the muscle, which adducts and flexes the thigh.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muscles et tendons
DEF

Muscle de la région haute de la loge interne de la cuisse. Tendu du pubis au fémur, il est adducteur de la cuisse et participe à la flexion et à sa rotation externe.

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

[Nerve which] arises from the second, third, and fourth lumbar nerves in the psoas muscle, crosses the brim of the pelvis, and enters the thigh through the obturator canal; it supplies muscles and skin on the medial side of the thigh.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Nerf mixte constituant une branche terminale du plexus lombaire, il prend racines en L2 L3 L4.

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Muscles and Tendons
DEF

A muscle originating from the medial margin of the inferior pubic ramus and the adjoining ischial ramus and inserted onto the upper part of the medial surface of the tibia, below the condyle and behind the insertion of the sartorius muscle. It is supplied by the obturator nerve, flexes and medially rotates the leg, and adducts the thigh.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muscles et tendons
DEF

Muscle de la région médiale de la cuisse. Tendu du pubis à la tubérosité tibiale, il est adducteur de la cuisse et participe à la flexion et à la rotation interne de la jambe.

OBS

Ancienne nomenclature : muscle droit interne de la cuisse.

Key term(s)
  • muscle gracile

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Nervous System
DEF

Neuralgic pain radiating down the upper and medial aspect of the thigh and resulting from compression or irritation of the obturator nerve due to lesions in the pelvis or in the region of the obturator foramen, where an obturator hernia may be the cause.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Neuropathie canalaire rare, en rapport avec une compression du nerf obturateur au niveau du canal obturateur [ou canal sous-pubien].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema nervioso
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