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Pudendal Nerve

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Abstract

Several variations have been reported in the formation of the nerve and course of its branches. This nerve may have roots arising from both the fifth lumbar and the first sacral nerves. The inferior rectal branch may also pierce the sacrospinous ligament on its course to the perineum. The lateral superficial perineal branch of the pudendal may pierce the sacrospinous ligament.

Several variations have been reported in the formation of the nerve and course of its branches. This nerve may have roots arising from both the fifth lumbar and the first sacral nerves. The inferior rectal branch may also pierce the sacrospinous ligament on its course to the perineum. The lateral superficial perineal branch of the pudendal may pierce the sacrospinous ligament.

Riferimenti dell’opera originale

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Anatomical classification

Systems:
Nervous system

Content provenance

Translation

Italian translation of «Pudendal Nerve — Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System» by Ronald A. Bergman, Adel K. Afifi, Ryosuke Miyauchi. Source: https://www.anatomyatlases.org/AnatomicVariants/NervousSystem/Text/PudendalNerve.shtml Original work distributed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.it). Translation by Redazione AIVA. Changes from the original: Traduzione italiana del testo originale inglese, che resta consultabile nella versione inglese di questa pagina. Il contenuto è stato riorganizzato nel formato scheda del portale (sintesi, testo, riferimenti) senza modificarne le affermazioni. Le figure non sono state copiate: sono collegate alla pagina d’origine. This publication is not approved or endorsed by the authors of the original work.

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