Cutaneous nerves of the right lower extremity. Front and posterior views.
Details
From
Posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh
Innervates
Buttocks
Identifiers
Latin
nervi clunium inferiores
TA98
A14.2.07.034
TA2
6567
FMA
75470
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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The inferior clunial nerves (also gluteal branches of posterior femoral cutaneous nerve) are branches of the posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh that innervate the skin of the lower part of the buttocks.[1][2] They pass inferior to the inferior border of the gluteus maximus muscle.[2]
three different types of clunealnerves (the middle and inferiorclunealnerves being the other two). They travel inferiorly through multiple layers of...
the genitofemoral nerve. Medial clunealnerves (pink) - labeled as "post. division of sacral" Inferiorclunealnerves (pink region, not designated with...
surface of the leg (lower leg), as well as (the inferior part of) the gluteal region (via inferiorclunealnerves, derived from anterior rami of S1-S2), and...
first sacral nerve, and the inferior gluteal artery and vein between the second and third sacral nerves. All the nerves entering the plexus, with the...
cause of entrapment and the specific nerves involved. For example, pain while sitting is associated with inferiorcluneal nerve entrapment, pudendal nerve...