| Nerve: Perineal nerve | |
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| Pudendal nerve, its course through the lesser sciatic foramen, and branches, including inferior anal at bottom right. | |
| The superficial branches of the internal pudendal artery. (Perineal nerve visible but not labeled.) | |
| Latin | nervi perineales |
| Gray's | subject #213 968 |
| Innervates | Transversus perinei superficialis Bulbospongiosus Ischiocavernosus |
| From | pudendal nerve |
The perineal nerve is a nerve arising from the pudendal nerve that supplies the perineum.
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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:
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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