Perineal nerve 4489072 203732219 2008-04-06T12:12:33Z SmackBot 433328 Add references section and/or general fixes. {{Infobox Nerve | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = nervi perineales | GraySubject = 213 | GrayPage = 968 | Image = Pudendal nerve.svg | Caption = [[Pudendal nerve]], its course through the lesser sciatic foramen, and branches, including inferior anal at bottom right. | Image2 = Gray542.png | Caption2 = The superficial branches of the internal pudendal artery. (Perineal nerve visible but not labeled.) | Innervates = [[Transversus perinei superficialis muscle|Transversus perinei superficialis]]<BR>[[bulbospongiosus muscle|Bulbospongiosus]]<BR>[[ischiocavernosus muscle|Ischiocavernosus]] | BranchFrom = [[pudendal nerve]] | BranchTo = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = n_05 | DorlandsSuf = 12566429 | }} The '''perineal nerve''' is a [[nerve]] arising from the [[pudendal nerve]] that supplies the [[perineum]]. ==Structure== 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: * ''Superficial perineal nerves'', becoming [[posterior scrotal nerves]] in men <ref name=Moore263> Essential Clinical Anatomy. K.L. Moore & A.M. Agur. Lippincott, 2 ed. 2002. Page 263 </ref> and [[Posterior labial nerves]] in women * [[Deep branch of the perineal nerve]] (also known as "muscular") ==Additional images== <gallery> Image:Gray837.png|Sacral plexus of the right side. (Perineal nerve visible at center right.) </gallery> ==References== <references /> ==External links== * {{SUNYAnatomyLabs|41|10|01|00}} - "The Female Perineum: The Perineal Nerve" * {{SUNYAnatomyImage|9|1|74}} * {{SUNYAnatomyImage|9|1|87}} * {{eMedicineDictionary|perineal+nerves}} * {{DartmouthHumanAnatomy|figures/chapter_32/32-3.HTM}} {{Gray's}} {{Lumbosacral plexus}} {{neuroscience-stub}} [[es:Nervio perineal]]