Perforating cutaneous nerve

Perforating cutaneous nerve
Plan of sacral and pudendal plexuses.
Cutaneous nerves of the right lower extremity. Front and posterior views. (Perforating cutaneous nerve not labeled, but region visible.)
Details
Latin	nervus cutaneus perforans
From	S2-S3, Sacral plexus
Innervates	gluteal sulcus
Identifiers
Dorlands /Elsevier	n_05/12565576
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Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [[[d:|edit on Wikidata]]]

The perforating cutaneous nerve is a cutaneous nerve that supplies skin over the gluteus maximus muscle.

Structure

The perforating cutaneous nerve arises from the sacral plexus. It pierces the lower part of the sacrotuberous ligament, and winds around the inferior border of the gluteus maximus. It supplies the skin covering the medial and lower parts of gluteus maximus.

The perforating cutaneous nerve may arise from the pudendal nerve. It is absent in approximately one third of people; its place may be taken by a branch from the posterior cutaneous nerve of thigh or by a branch from the third and fourth, or fourth and fifth, sacral nerves.

See also

• Sacral plexus

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)