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Obturator Nerve
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Obturator Nerve | |
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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]
Copyright Andrea Trescot[1]
References
- ↑ Trescot, Andrea. Peripheral nerve entrapments : clinical diagnosis and management. Switzerland: Springer, 2016.