Perineal nerve

Perineal nerve

Infobox Nerve
Name = PAGENAME
Latin = nervi perineales
GraySubject = 213
GrayPage = 968


Caption = Pudendal nerve, its course through the lesser sciatic foramen, and branches, including inferior anal at bottom right.


Caption2 = The superficial branches of the internal pudendal artery. (Perineal nerve visible but not labeled.)
Innervates = Transversus perinei superficialis
Bulbospongiosus
Ischiocavernosus
BranchFrom = pudendal nerve
BranchTo =
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DorlandsPre = n_05
DorlandsSuf = 12566429
The perineal nerve is a nerve arising from the pudendal nerve that supplies the perineum.

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The perineal nerve is the inferior and larger of the two terminal branches of the pudendal nerve, is situated below the internal pudendal artery.

It accompanies the perineal artery and divides into two branches:

* "Superficial perineal nerves", becoming posterior scrotal nerves in men Essential Clinical Anatomy. K.L. Moore & A.M. Agur. Lippincott, 2 ed. 2002. Page 263 ] and Posterior labial nerves in women
* Deep branch of the perineal nerve (also known as "muscular")


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References

External links

* - "The Female Perineum: The Perineal Nerve"
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