T e emoral nerve, the largest branch o the lumbar plexus, arises rom the lateral border o the psoas just above the inguinal ligament. T e nerve descends beneath this ligament to enter the emoral triangle on the lateral side o the emoral artery, where it divides into terminal branches. Above the inguinal ligament, the emoral nerve supplies the iliopsoas muscle, and, in the thigh, it supplies the sartorius, pectineus, and quadriceps emoris muscles. T e sensory distribution o the emoral nerve includes the anterior and medial sur aces o the thigh via the anterior emoral cutaneous nerve and the medial aspect o the knee, the proximal leg, and articular branches to the knee via the saphenous nerve (Fig. 3-18), the largest cutaneous branch o the emoral nerve. T e saphenous nerve exits rom the adductor (Hunter’s, or subsartorial) canal, descends under the sartorius Entrapment o the saphenous nerve o en results in marked pain at the medial aspect o the knee. Femoral nerve palsy has been reported a ter acetabular racture, cardiac catheterization, total hip arthroplasty, or anterior lumbar spinal usion, and spontaneously in hemophilia.106–108