Nerves

Question 1

Pelvic plexus

Answer 1

caudal to a plane passing through the pelvic inlet and dorsal to the prostate; can be identified by tracing the left hypogastric nerve and the pelvic nerve to where they meet

Question 2

Pelvic nerve

Answer 2

Parasympathetic, preganglionic; comes from sacral spinal nerves and supplies branches to the urogenital organs, the rectum, and the descending colon

Question 3

Pudendal n.
Perineal nn.
Dorsal nerve of clitoris
Dorsal nerve of penis

Answer 3

T13 n.
Cranial iliohypogastric n. (L1)
Caudal iliohypogastric n. (L2)
Ilioinguinal n. (L3)
Lateral cutaneous femoral n. (L4)
Obturator n.  
Genitofemoral n.