List of nerves of the human body

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The following is a list of nerves in the human body:

Location

• Structure of the nervous system
• Development of the nervous system
• The spinal cord or medulla spinalis
• The brain or encephalon
  • The hindbrain or rhombencephalon
  • The midbrain or mesencephalon
  • The forebrain or prosencephalon
  • Composition and central connections of the spinal nerves
  • Pathways from the brain to the spinal cord
  • The meninges of the brain and medulla spinalis
  • The cerebrospinal fluid
• The cranial nerves
  • The olfactory nerves
  • The optic nerve
  • The oculomotor nerve
  • The trochlear nerve
  • The trigeminal nerve
  • The abducent nerve
  • The facial nerve
  • The vestibulocochlear nerve
  • The glossopharyngeal nerve
  • The vagus nerve
  • The accessory nerve
  • The hypoglossal nerve
• The spinal nerves
  • The posterior divisions
  • The anterior divisions
  • The thoracic nerves
  • The lumbosacral plexus
  • The sacral and coccygeal nerves
• The sympathetic nerves
  • The cephalic portion of the sympathetic system
  • The cervical portion of the sympathetic system
  • The thoracic portion of the sympathetic system
  • The abdominal portion of the sympathetic system
  • The pelvic portion of the sympathetic system
  • The great plexuses of the sympathetic system

Alphabetical list

• Abdominal aortic plexus
• Abducens nerve
• Accessory nerve
• Accessory obturator nerve
• Alderman's nerve
• Anococcygeal nerve
• Ansa cervicalis
• Anterior interosseous nerve
• Anterior superior alveolar nerve
• Auerbach's plexus
• Auriculotemporal nerve
• Axillary nerve
• Brachial plexus
• Buccal branch of the facial nerve
• Buccal nerve
• Cardiac plexus
• Cavernous plexus
• Celiac ganglia
• Cervical branch of the facial nerve
• Cervical plexus
• Chorda tympani
• Ciliary ganglion
• Coccygeal nerve
• Cochlear nerve
• Common fibular nerve
• Common palmar digital nerves of median nerve
• Deep branch of the radial nerve
• Deep fibular nerve
• Deep petrosal nerve
• Deep temporal nerves
• Diagonal band of Broca
• Digastric branch of facial nerve
• Dorsal branch of ulnar nerve
• Dorsal nerve of clitoris
• Dorsal nerve of the penis
• Dorsal scapular nerve
• Esophageal plexus
• Ethmoidal nerves
• External laryngeal nerve
• External nasal nerve
• Facial nerve
• Femoral nerve
• Frontal nerve
• Gastric plexuses
• Geniculate ganglion
• Genital branch of genitofemoral nerve
• Genitofemoral nerve
• Glossopharyngeal nerve
• Greater auricular nerve
• Greater occipital nerve
• Greater petrosal nerve
• Hepatic plexus
• Hypoglossal nerve
• Iliohypogastric nerve
• Ilioinguinal nerve
• Inferior alveolar nerve
• Inferior anal nerves
• Inferior cardiac nerve
• Inferior cervical ganglion
• Inferior gluteal nerve
• Inferior hypogastric plexus
• Inferior mesenteric plexus
• Inferior palpebral nerve
• Infraorbital nerve
• Infraorbital plexus
• Infratrochlear nerve
• Intercostal nerves
• Intercostobrachial nerve
• Intermediate cutaneous nerve
• Internal carotid plexus
• Internal laryngeal nerve
• Interneuron
• Jugular ganglion
• Lacrimal nerve
• Lateral cord
• Lateral cutaneous nerve of forearm
• Lateral cutaneous nerve of thigh
• Lateral pectoral nerve
• Lateral plantar nerve
• Lateral pterygoid nerve
• Lesser occipital nerve
• Lingual nerve
• Long ciliary nerves
• Long root of the ciliary ganglion
• Long thoracic nerve
• Lower subscapular nerve
• Lumbar nerves
• Lumbar plexus
• Lumbar splanchnic nerves
• Lumboinguinal nerve
• Lumbosacral plexus
• Lumbosacral trunk
• Mandibular nerve
• Marginal mandibular branch of facial nerve
• Masseteric nerve
• Maxillary nerve
• Medial cord
• Medial cutaneous nerve of arm
• Medial cutaneous nerve of forearm
• Medial cutaneous nerve
• Medial pectoral nerve
• Medial plantar nerve
• Medial pterygoid nerve
• Median nerve
• Meissner's plexus
• Mental nerve
• Middle cardiac nerve
• Middle cervical ganglion
• Middle meningeal nerve
• Motor nerve
• Muscular branches of the radial nerve
• Musculocutaneous nerve
• Mylohyoid nerve
• Nasociliary nerve
• Nasopalatine nerve
• Nerve of pterygoid canal
• Nerve to obturator internus
• Nerve to quadratus femoris
• Nerve to the Piriformis
• Nerve to the stapedius
• Nerve to the subclavius
• Nervus intermedius
• Nervus spinosus
• Nodose ganglion
• Obturator nerve
• Oculomotor nerve
• Olfactory nerve
• Ophthalmic nerve
• Optic nerve
• Otic ganglion
• Ovarian plexus
• Palatine nerves
• Palmar branch of the median nerve
• Palmar branch of ulnar nerve
• Pancreatic plexus
• Patellar plexus
• Pelvic splanchnic nerves
• Perforating cutaneous nerve
• Perineal branches of posterior femoral cutaneous nerve
• Perineal nerve
• Petrous ganglion
• Pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve
• Pharyngeal branches of glossopharyngeal nerve
• Pharyngeal nerve
• Pharyngeal plexus
• Phrenic nerve
• Phrenic plexus
• Posterior auricular nerve
• Posterior branch of spinal nerve
• Posterior cord
• Posterior cutaneous nerve of arm
• Posterior cutaneous nerve of forearm
• Posterior cutaneous nerve of thigh
• Posterior scrotal nerves
• Posterior superior alveolar nerve
• Proper palmar digital nerves of median nerve
• Prostatic plexus (nervous)
• Pterygopalatine ganglion
• Pudendal nerve
• Pudendal plexus
• Pulmonary branches of vagus nerve
• Radial nerve
• Recurrent laryngeal nerve
• Renal plexus
• Sacral plexus
• Sacral splanchnic nerves
• Saphenous nerve
• Sciatic nerve
• Semilunar ganglion
• Sensory nerve
• Short ciliary nerves
• Sphenopalatine nerves
• Splenic plexus
• Stylohyoid branch of facial nerve
• Subcostal nerve
• Submandibular ganglion
• Suboccipital nerve
• Superficial branch of the radial nerve
• Superficial fibular nerve
• Superior cardiac nerve
• Superior cervical ganglion
• Superior ganglion of glossopharyngeal nerve
• Superior ganglion of vagus nerve
• Superior gluteal nerve
• Superior hypogastric plexus
• Superior labial nerve
• Superior laryngeal nerve
• Superior lateral cutaneous nerve of arm
• Superior mesenteric plexus
• Superior rectal plexus
• Supraclavicular nerves
• Supraorbital nerve
• Suprarenal plexus
• Suprascapular nerve
• Supratrochlear nerve
• Sural nerve
• Sympathetic trunk
• Temporal branches of the facial nerve
• Third occipital nerve
• Thoracic aortic plexus
• Thoracic splanchnic nerves
• Thoraco-abdominal nerves
• Thoracodorsal nerve
• Tibial nerve
• Transverse cervical nerve
• Trigeminal nerve
• Trochlear nerve
• Tympanic nerve
• Ulnar nerve
• Upper subscapular nerve
• Uterovaginal plexus
• Vagus nerve
• Ventral ramus
• Vesical nervous plexus
• Vestibular nerve
• Vestibulocochlear nerve
• Zygomatic branches of facial nerve
• Zygomatic nerve
• Zygomaticofacial nerve
• Zygomaticotemporal nerve

External links

• List of nerves