Perineal nerve

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Nerve: Perineal nerve

Sacral plexus of the right side. (Perineal nerve visible at center right.)
Latin	nervi perineales
Gray's	subject #213 968
Innervates	Transversus perinei superficialis Bulbospongiosus Ischiocavernosus
From	pudendal nerve
Dorlands/Elsevier	n_05/12566429

The perineal nerve is a nerve arising from the pudendal nerve that supplies the perineum.

[edit] Structure

The perineal nerve is the inferior and larger of the two terminal branches of the pudendal nerve, is situated below the internal pudendal artery.

It accompanies the perineal artery and divides into two branches:

Branch	Description
"Superficial", or "posterior scrotal" branches (called "labial" in women)	See Posterior scrotal nerves for details.
"Deep", or "muscular" branches	The muscular branches are distributed to the superficial transverse perineal muscle, bulbocavernous, ischiocavernosus, and Constrictor urethræ. A branch, the nerve to the bulb, given off from the nerve to the bulbocavernosus, pierces this muscle, and supplies the corpus cavernosum, ending in the mucous membrane of the urethra.

[edit] External links

SUNY Labs 41:10-0100 - "The Female Perineum: The Perineal Nerve"
SUNY Anatomy Image 9174
SUNY Anatomy Image 9187
Dictionary at eMedicine perineal+nerves

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