Inferior gluteal nerve

Inferior gluteal nerve

Infobox Nerve
Name = PAGENAME
Latin = nervus gluteus inferior
GraySubject = 213
GrayPage = 659


Caption = Plan of sacral and pudendal plexuses. (Inferior gluteal nerve labeled at upper left.)


Caption2 = The gluteus medius and nearby muscles
Innervates = gluteus maximus
BranchFrom = sacral plexus (L5–S2)
BranchTo =
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DorlandsPre = n_05
DorlandsSuf = 12565853
The inferior gluteal nerve is a nerve in the pelvis that innervates the gluteus maximus muscle.

tructure

The inferior gluteal nerve originates in the sacral plexus. It arises from the dorsal divisions of the fifth lumbar and first and second sacral nerves: it leaves the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen, below the piriformis, and divides into branches which enter the deep surface of the gluteus maximus. It is the principal extensor of the thigh.

ee also

* Superior gluteal nerve
* Inferior gluteal artery

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