LOWER EXTREMITY | LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS

This is that part of the body which extends from the buttock to the foot. It is made up of the following region as arranged supero-inferiorly i) Guteal region ii) Hip joint iii) Thigh iv) Knee joint v) Leg vi) Ankle region vii) Foot region
Principally, the lower extremity consist of the following structure the skin; muscles; bones; neurovascular bundles which are the artery, vein and nerves. The spaces also found in the lower extremity which are located in designated planes include
1) Femoral triangle/Scarpar's trigone
2) Adductor's canal/ John Hunter's canal
3) Osteoaponeurotic openings
4) Popliteal fossa

LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS | this is the collection of nerves that serves to mediate and to which provision of innervation to the lower extremity is anchored. In broad sense, there is actually two plexus merge together. Seperately the LUMBOSACRAL consists of
Lumbar plexus and Sacral plexus.

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