peripheral nerve

One or more bundles of nerve fibers passing outside of the CNS along which sensory information is conveyed from the periphery to the CNS &/or motor instructions are carried to the periphery by electrical impulses in the form of action potentials.

Related

age-associated changes in the peripheral nervous system entrapment neuropathy; nerve entrapment syndrome; pinched nerve nerve biopsy nerve conduction nerve fiber nerve growth factor [NGF]-beta (NGFB) nerve root nerve sheath tumor neuropathic pain peripheral nerve disease; peripheral neuropathy

Specific

accessory phrenic nerve alveolar nerve anococcygeal nerve ansa cervicales anterior (medial) femoral cutaneous nerve (anterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh) anterior (ventral) ramus of spinal nerve anterior ampullary nerve anterior auricular nerve anterior ethmoidal nerve anterior interosseous (antebrachial) nerve anterior labial nerve anterior scrotal nerve anterior superior alveolar nerve aortic nerve (Cyon nerve, depressor nerve of Ludwig) auriculotemporal nerve axillary nerve (circumflex nerve) brachial plexus buccal branch of facial nerve (CN VII) buccal nerve (buccinator nerve) calcaneal branch of tibial nerve caroticotympanic nerve (small deep petrosal nerve) cavernous nerve of the clitoris cavernous nerve of the penis cervical branch of facial nerve (CN VII) chorda tympani coccygeal nerve cochlear nerve common fibular (peroneal) nerve; lateral popliteal nerve common palmar digital nerve crural interosseous nerve cutaneous nerves of the thigh deep fibular (peroneal) nerve deep petrosal nerve deep temporal nerve dorsal digital nerves of hand dorsal digital nerves of ulnar nerve dorsal nerve of clitoris dorsal nerve of penis dorsal root of spinal nerve dorsal scapular nerve ethmoidal nerve external carotid nerve external laryngeal nerve femoral nerve frontal nerve Galen nerve genicular nerve genitofemoral nerve great auricular nerve greater occipital nerve greater palatine nerve greater petrosal nerve hypogastric nerve iliohypogastric nerve ilioinguinal nerve inferior alveolar (dental) nerve inferior anal nerve inferior clunial nerve inferior gluteal nerve inferior laryngeal nerve inferior palpebral branch of infraorbital nerve inferior/lower lateral brachial cutaneous nerve infraorbital nerve infratrochear nerve infratrochlear nerve intercostal nerve intercostobrachial nerve intermediate dorsal cutaneous nerve intermediate nerve (Wrisberg nerve) intermediate/middle supraclavicular nerve internal carotid nerve internal laryngeal nerve jugular nerve lacrimal nerve lateral ampullar nerve lateral cutaneous nerve of the forearm (lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve) lateral dorsal cutaneous nerve lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh) lateral pectoral nerve lateral supraclavicular nerve lateral sural cutaneous nerve (lateral cutaneous nerve of the calf) lesser occipital nerve lesser palatine nerve lesser petrosal nerve lingual nerve long ciliary nerve long thoracic nerve lumbosacral trunk mandibular branch of facial nerve (CN VII) mandibular nerve (CN V-3) masseteric nerve maxillary nerve (CN V-2) medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve (medial cutaneous nerve of the forearm) medial brachial cutaneous nerve (medial cutaneous nerve of the arm, Wrisberg nerve) medial clunial nerve medial cutaneous nerve of leg (medial crural cutaneous nerve) medial dorsal cutaneous nerve medial pectoral nerve medial supraclavicular nerve medial sural cutaneous nerve (popliteal communicating nerve, tibial communicating nerve) median nerve mental nerve middle superior alveolar nerve musculocutaneous nerve nasociliary nerve nasopalatine nerve nerve of the pterygoid canal nerve to abductor digiti minimi pedis nerve to abductor hallucis longus nerve to abductor pollicis longus nerve to adductor brevis nerve to adductor longus nerve to adductor magnus nerve to biceps brachii nerve to biceps femoris nerve to brachialis nerve to brachioradialis nerve to coccygeus nerve to coracobrachialis nerve to dorsal interosseous manus nerve to extensor carpi radialis brevis nerve to extensor carpi radialis longus nerve to extensor carpi ulnaris nerve to extensor digiti minimi nerve to extensor digitorum nerve to extensor indicis nerve to extensor pollicis brevis nerve to extensor pollicis longus nerve to flexor carpi radialis nerve to flexor digitorum brevis nerve to flexor digitorum longus nerve to flexor digitorum superficialis nerve to flexor hallucis longus nerve to flexor pollicis longus nerve to gastrocnemius nerve to gracilis nerve to hypothenar/abductor digiti minimi/flexor digiti minimi/opponens digiti minimi muscle nerve to iliopsoas nerve to latissimus dorsi nerve to levator ani nerve to levator scapulae nerve to lumbricalis manus nerve to obturator externus nerve to obturator internus nerve to palmar interossei nerve to palmaris longus nerve to pectineus nerve to piriformis nerve to plantaris nerve to popliteus nerve to pronator quadratus nerve to pronator teres nerve to quadratus femoris nerve to quadratus plantae nerve to rectus femoris nerve to rhomboid, major/minor nerve to sartorius nerve to semimembranosus nerve to serratus anterior nerve to soleus nerve to subscapularis nerve to supinator nerve to teres major nerve to the anconeus nerve to the deltoid nerve to the external acoustic meatus nerve to the flexor carpi ulnaris nerve to the flexor digitorum profundus nerve to the infraspinatus nerve to the mylohyoid nerve to the pectoralis major nerve to the pectoralis minor nerve to the stapedius nerve to the subclavius nerve to the supraspinatus nerve to the tensor tympani nerve to the tensor veli palatini nerve to the teres minor nerve to the trapezius nerve to the triceps brachii nerve to thenar muscle nerve to thyrohyoid, (thyrohyoid branch of ansa cervicalis) nerve to tibialis posterior nerve to vastus muscles nerves of the foot obturator nerve occipital nerve ophthalmic nerve (CN V-1) palmar digital nerve perineal nerve pharyngeal nerve phrenic nerve plantar digital nerve plantar nerve posterior (dorsal) ramus of spinal nerve posterior ampullary nerve posterior auricular nerve posterior brachial cutaneous nerve (posterior cutaneous nerve of the arm) posterior cutaneous nerve of the forearm (posterior antebrachial cutaneous nerve) posterior ethmoidal nerve posterior femoral cutaneous nerve (posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh) posterior inferior nasal nerve posterior interosseous (antebrachial) nerve posterior labial nerve posterior scrotal nerve posterior superior alveolar nerve posterior superior nasal nerve posterior tibial nerve proper palmar digital nerve pterygoid nerve pudendal nerve (dorsal nerve of penis/clitoris) radial nerve rami communicantes recurrent laryngeal nerve saccular nerve saphenous nerve sciatic nerve short ciliary nerve somatic nerve spinal nerve splanchnic nerve subclavian nerve subcostal nerve sublingual nerve suboccipital nerve subscapular nerve superficial fibular (peroneal) nerve superior alveolar nerve; superior dental nerve; superior gingival nerve superior clunial nerve superior gluteal nerve superior labial branch of infraorbital nerve superior laryngeal nerve superior lateral cutaneous nerve of arm (upper lateral brachial cutaneous nerve) supraclavicular nerve supraorbital nerve suprascapular nerve supratrochlear nerve sural nerve (short or external saphenous nerve) sympathetic trunk (ganglionic chain) temporal branch of facial nerve (CN VII) tentorial nerve terminal nerve third occipital nerve thoracic cardiac branch of vagus nerve thoracoabdominal nerve thoracodorsal nerve tibial nerve; medial popliteal nerve Tiedemann nerve tonsillar branch of glossopharyngeal nerve tonsillar branch of lesser palatine nerve transverse cervical nerve tympanic nerve (Andersh nerve, Jacobson nerve) ulnar nerve utricular nerve utriculoampullar nerve vaginal nerve Valentin nerve ventral root of spinal nerve vertebral nerve vestibular nerve zygomatic branch of facial nerve (CN VII) zygomatic nerve zygomaticofacial nerve zygomaticotemporal nerve

Properties

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999