Back Nervus cutaneus femoris posterior German Nervio cutáneo femoral posterior Spanish عصب پوستی پسین ران Persian Nerf cutané fémoral postérieur French Nervo cutaneo posteriore del femore Italian 後大腿皮神経 Japanese Nerw skórny tylny uda Polish Задний кожный нерв бедра Russian
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| Posterior cutaneous nerve of thigh | |
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 Cross-section through the middle of the thigh. (Posterior femoral cutaneous nerve labeled at bottom.) | |
 Nerves of the right lower extremity. Posterior view. (Post. fem. cutaneus labeled at upper left.) | |
| Details | |
| From | Sacral plexus (S1, S2, S3) |
| To | Inferior clunial nerves, perineal branches |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | nervus cutaneus femoris posterior |
| TA98 | A14.2.07.033 |
| TA2 | 6566 |
| FMA | 45337 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
The posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh (also called the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve) is a sensory nerve of the thigh. It is a branch of the sacral plexus. It supplies the skin of the posterior surface of the thigh, leg, buttock, and also the perineum.
Unlike most nerves termed "cutaneous" which are subcutaneous, only the terminal branches of this nerve pass into subcutaneous tissue before being distributed to the skin, with most of the nerve itself situated deep to the deep fascia.[1]
- ^ Moore, Keith L.; Dalley, Arthur F.; Agur, Anne M. R. (2018). Clinically Oriented Anatomy (8th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. pp. 733–334. ISBN 978-1-4963-4721-3.