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==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>]]
==Innervation of the Perineum==
==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>]]
[[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>]]

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Pudendal Nerve
Nerve Type Mixed nerve
Origin S2, S3, S4
Sensory innervation Skin of penis, clitoris, most of the perineum
Motor innervation Muscles of the perineum

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.