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Definition of Lumbosacral plexus
1. Noun. A nerve plexus formed by the ventral divisions of the coccygeal and sacral and lumbar nerves; supplies the lower limbs and perineum and coccygeal area.
Medical Definition of Lumbosacral plexus
1. The lumbar and sacral plexuses taken together. The fibres of the lumbosacral plexus originate in the lumbar and upper sacral spinal cord (l1 to s3) and innervate the lower extremities. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lumbosacral Plexus
Literary usage of Lumbosacral plexus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of the nervous system by Smith Ely Jelliffe, William Alanson White (1917)
"lumbosacral plexus.—The attention of the neurologist is often focussed about the
process of delivery. Whereas it is the child that occasionally has a birth ..."
2. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"The lumbosacral plexus (Plexus ... The anterior divisions of the lumbar, sacral,
and coccygeal nerves form the lumbosacral plexus, the first lumbar nerve ..."
3. Surgical and mechanical treatment of peripheral nerves by Byron Stookey, Gotthelf Carl Huber (1922)
"Injury to the lumbosacral plexus is comparatively rare due to the fact that
necessarily associated with any lesion of the plexus are concomitant injuries ..."
4. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"The lumbosacral plexus governs movement ... Table 3-3 lists the functions of the
main peripheral nerves of the lumbosacral plexus. ..."
5. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The lumbosacral plexus (Plexus ... nerves form the lumbosacral plexus, the first
lumbar nerve being frequently joined by a branch from the twelfth thoracic. ..."
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