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|innervates=[[Adductor Magnus]] (anterior half), [[Adductor Longus]], [[Adductor Brevis]], [[Gracilis]], [[Obturator Externus]], skin of medial thigh
|innervates=[[Adductor Magnus]] (anterior half), [[Adductor Longus]], [[Adductor Brevis]], [[Gracilis]], [[Obturator Externus]], skin of medial thigh
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==Lesion Effect==
Loss of adduction of the thigh.
Loss of sensation of inner thigh.
==Innervation of the Perineum==
[[File:Perineum innervation Trescot.png|thumb|left|350px|Innervation of the perineum: A: [[Genitofemoral Nerve|genitofemoral nerve]]; B: [[Obturator Nerve|obturator nerve]]; C: [[Inferior Cluneal Nerve|inferior cluneal nerve]]; D: perineal branch of the [[Posterior Femoral Cutaneous Nerve|posterior femoral cutaneous nerve]]; E: [[Ilioinguinal Nerve|ilioinguinal nerve]]; F: [[Pudendal Nerve|pudendal nerve]]<br><small>Copyright Andrea Trescot<ref name="trescot">Trescot, Andrea. Peripheral nerve entrapments : clinical diagnosis and management. Switzerland: Springer, 2016.</ref></small>]]
{{Nerves of the lumbosacral plexus|state=collapsed}}
{{Nerves of the lumbosacral plexus|state=collapsed}}
==References==
{{#set:Has nerve group=Lumbar Plexus}}

Latest revision as of 08:12, 18 April 2022

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Obturator Nerve
Nerve Type Mixed nerve
Origin L2, L3, L4 anterior rami
Sensory innervation Skin of medial thigh
Motor innervation Adductor Magnus (anterior half), Adductor Longus, Adductor Brevis, Gracilis, Obturator Externus

Lesion Effect

Loss of adduction of the thigh.

Loss of sensation of inner thigh.

Innervation of the Perineum

Innervation of the perineum: A: genitofemoral nerve; B: obturator nerve; C: inferior cluneal nerve; D: perineal branch of the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve; E: ilioinguinal nerve; F: pudendal nerve
Copyright Andrea Trescot[1]

References

  1. โ†‘ Trescot, Andrea. Peripheral nerve entrapments : clinical diagnosis and management. Switzerland: Springer, 2016.