lumbosacral plexus


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lumbosacral plexus

[¦ləm·bō′sak·rəl ′plek·səs]
(neuroscience)
A network formed by the anterior branches of lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal nerves which for descriptive purposes are divided into the lumbar, sacral, and pudendal plexuses.
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The ulnar, sciatic, median, and radial nerves, along with the lumbosacral plexus were most commonly injured as a result of GSWs, the brachial plexus as a result of MVAs, and the facial and accessory nerves secondary to iatrogenic causes, specifically complications of tumor-excision surgery (Figure 4).
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The lumbosacral plexus is formed by the last lumbar spinal nerve and the first two sacral spinal nerves (Dyce et al, 2010).
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