Inferior cluneal nerves

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Nerve: Inferior cluneal nerves
Diagram of the segmental distribution of the cutaneous nerves of the right lower extremity. Posterior view.
Latin	nervi clunium inferiores
Gray's	subject #213 959
Innervates	buttocks
From	posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh
Dorlands/Elsevier	n_05/12565385

The inferior clunial nerves innervate the skin of the lower part of the buttocks. They arise as branches of the posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh.

[edit] External links

• Dictionary at eMedicine inferior+cluneal+nerves
• Norman/Georgetown glutealregion
• SUNY Labs 11:07-0104 - "Superficial Anatomy of the Lower Extremity: Cutaneous Nerves of the Posterior Aspect of the Lower Extremity"

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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