SACRAL PLEXUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sacral plexus mean? 

• SACRAL PLEXUS (noun)
  The noun SACRAL PLEXUS has 1 sense:

1. a nerve plexus formed by the 4th and 5th lumbar and 1st, 2nd, 3rd sacral nerves; supplies the pelvic region and lower limbs

  Familiarity information: SACRAL PLEXUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SACRAL PLEXUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nerve plexus formed by the 4th and 5th lumbar and 1st, 2nd, 3rd sacral nerves; supplies the pelvic region and lower limbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

plexus sacralis; sacral plexus

Hypernyms ("sacral plexus" is a kind of...):

nerve plexus (a network of intersecting nerves)

 Context examples 

The thirty-first and final spinal nerve arising from the sacral plexus.

(Coccygeal Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)