Inferior anal nerves
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| Nerve: Inferior anal nerves | ||
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| The superficial branches of the internal pudendal artery. (Inferior anal nerves visible but not labeled.) | ||
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| Sacral plexus of the right side. (Hemorrhoidal branch of pudic labeled at bottom right.) | ||
| Latin | nervi anales inferiores, nervi rectales inferiores, nervus haemorrhoidalis inferior | |
| Gray's | subject #213 968 | |
| Innervates | Rectum | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | n_05/12565191 | |
The Inferior rectal nerves (inferior anal nerves, inferior hemorrhoidal nerve) occasionally arises directly from the sacral plexus; it crosses the ischiorectal fossa, with the inferior hemorrhoidal vessels, toward the anal canal and the lower end of the rectum, and is distributed to the Sphincter ani externus and to the integument around the anus.
Branches of this nerve communicate with the perineal branch of the posterior femoral cutaneous and with the posterior scrotal nerves at the forepart of the perineum.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Details at okstate.edu
- SUNY Labs 41:08-0102 - "The Female Perineum: Contents of the Pudendal Canal"
- Norman/Georgetown perineum (analtriangle3)
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