Inferior cluneal nerves
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| Nerve: Inferior cluneal nerves | ||
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| Diagram of the segmental distribution of the cutaneous nerves of the right lower extremity. Posterior view. | ||
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| Latin | nervi clunium inferiores | |
| Gray's | subject #213 959 | |
| Innervates | buttocks | |
| From | posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh | |
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| MeSH | [1] | |
The inferior clunial nerves innervate the skin of the lower part of the buttocks. They arise as branches of the posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh.
[edit] External links
- Dictionary at eMedicine inferior+cluneal+nerves
- Norman/Georgetown glutealregion
- SUNY Labs 11:07-0104 - "Superficial Anatomy of the Lower Extremity: Cutaneous Nerves of the Posterior Aspect of the Lower Extremity"
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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