Dorsal nerve of clitoris

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Nerve: Dorsal nerve of clitoris
Sacral plexus of the right side. (Dorsal nerve of penis visible at bottom left, and dorsal nerve of clitoris follows similar path.)
Deep and superficial dissection of the lumbar plexus. (Same note as above.)
Latin	nervus dorsalis clitoridis
Gray's	subject #213 968
Innervates	clitoris
From	pudendal nerve
Dorlands/Elsevier	n_05/12565710

The dorsal nerve of the clitoris is a nerve in females that branches off the pudendal nerve to innervate the clitoris.

[edit] Structure

The dorsal nerve of the clitoris is analogous to the dorsal nerve of the penis in males. It is a terminal branch of the pudendal nerve.

[edit] See also

• Posterior labial nerves
• Perineal nerve
• Dorsal nerve of penis
• Dorsal artery of clitoris

[edit] External links

• SUNY Labs 41:13-0202 - "The Female Perineum: The Deep Perineal Pouch"
• SUNY Anatomy Image 9209
• SUNY Anatomy Image 9278

v • d • e Nerves of lower limbs and lower torso: the lumbosacral plexus

lumbar plexus: iliohypogastric - ilioinguinal - genitofemoral (femoral branch/lumboinguinal, genital branch) - lateral cutaneous of thigh (patellar) - obturator (anterior, cutaneous, posterior, accessory) - femoral (anterior cutaneous branches, saphenous) sacral/coccygeal plexus: to quadratus femoris - to obturator internus - to the piriformis - superior gluteal - inferior gluteal - posterior cutaneous of thigh (inferior cluneal, perineal branches) sciatic: tibial (medial sural cutaneous, sural, medial calcaneal, medial plantar, lateral plantar) - common fibular (lateral sural cutaneous, deep fibular, superficial fibular, medial dorsal cutaneous, intermediate dorsal cutaneous) pudendal plexus: perforating cutaneous - pudendal (dorsal of the penis/clitoris, inferior anal, perineal and posterior scrotal/labial) - anococcygeal cutaneous innervation of the lower limbs