Dorsal nerve of clitoris
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| Nerve: Dorsal nerve of clitoris | ||
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| Sacral plexus of the right side. (Dorsal nerve of penis visible at bottom left, and dorsal nerve of clitoris follows similar path.) | ||
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| Deep and superficial dissection of the lumbar plexus. (Same note as above.) | ||
| Latin | nervus dorsalis clitoridis | |
| Gray's | subject #213 968 | |
| Innervates | clitoris | |
| From | pudendal nerve | |
| To | ||
| MeSH | [1] | |
The dorsal nerve of the clitoris is a nerve in females that branches off the pudendal nerve to innervate the clitoris.
[edit] Structure
The dorsal nerve of the clitoris is analogous to the dorsal nerve of the penis in males. It is a terminal branch of the pudendal nerve.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- SUNY Labs 41:13-0202 - "The Female Perineum: The Deep Perineal Pouch"
- State University of New York (SUNY) Anatomy Image 9209
- State University of New York (SUNY) Anatomy Image 9278
lumbar plexus: iliohypogastric - ilioinguinal - genitofemoral (femoral branch/lumboinguinal, genital branch) - lateral cutaneous of thigh (patellar) - obturator (anterior, cutaneous, posterior, accessory) - femoral (anterior cutaneous branches, saphenous)
sacral/coccygeal plexus: to quadratus femoris - to obturator internus - to the piriformis - superior gluteal - inferior gluteal - posterior cutaneous of thigh (inferior cluneal, perineal branches)
sciatic: tibial (medial sural cutaneous, sural, medial calcaneal, medial plantar, lateral plantar) - common fibular (lateral sural cutaneous, deep fibular, superficial fibular, medial dorsal cutaneous, intermediate dorsal cutaneous)
pudendal plexus: perforating cutaneous - pudendal (dorsal of the penis/clitoris, inferior anal, perineal and posterior scrotal/labial) - anococcygeal
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