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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sensory and motor nerve originating in the sacral plexus and running through the pelvis and upper leg.
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- noun neuroanatomy A large nerve that starts in the lower
back and runs through thebuttock and down the lowerlimb .
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- noun arises from the sacral plexus and passes about halfway down the thigh where it divides into the common peroneal and tibial nerves
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