Sacral spinal nerve 2

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The sacral spinal nerve 2 (S2) is a spinal nerve of the sacral segment.^[1].

It originates from the spinal column from below the 2nd body of the sacrum

[edit] Muscles

S2 supplies many muscles, either directly or through nerves originating from S2. They are not innervated with S2 as single origin, but partly by S2 and partly by other spinal nerves. The muscles are:

• sphincter urethrae membranaceae
• gluteus maximus muscle
• piriformis
• obturator internus muscle
• superior gemellus
• semitendinosus
• gastrocnemius
• flexor hallucis longus
• abductor digiti minimi
• quadratus plantae

[edit] References

v • d • e Nerves: spinal nerves Cervical (8) C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8 anterior (Cervical plexus, Brachial plexus) - posterior (Posterior branches of cervical nerves, Suboccipital - C1, Greater occipital - C2, Third occipital - C3) Thoracic (12) T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12 anterior (Intercostal, Intercostobrachial - T2, Thoraco-abdominal nerves - T7-T11, Subcostal - T12) - posterior (Posterior branches of thoracic nerves) Lumbar (5) L1, L2, L3, L4, L5 anterior (Lumbar plexus, Lumbosacral trunk) - posterior (Posterior branches of the lumbar nerves, Superior cluneal L1-L3) Sacral (5) S1, S2, S3, S4, S5 anterior (Sacral plexus) - posterior (Posterior branches of sacral nerves, Medial cluneal nerves) Coccygeal (1) anterior (Coccygeal plexus) - posterior (Posterior branch of coccygeal nerve)