Nerves · Nervous System · Medium
Genitofemoral
Meaning: A nerve from the lumbar plexus supplying the cremaster muscle and skin of the upper front thigh and scrotum or labia.
In practice: Absence of the cremasteric reflex after hernia surgery suggested genitofemoral nerve injury.
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Which word means: A nerve of the arm running alongside the radius bone.
Answer: Radial
Which word means: The regrowth of nerve fibres into a muscle or skin area that had lost its nerve supply.
Answer: Reinnervation
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