Nerves of the Posterior Thigh Flashcards
This nerve supplies the skin of the butt
Clunial Nerves
What do the clunial nerves branch off of?
Posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh
Are the superior and middle clunial nerves anterior or posterior rami?
Posterior rami
What does the posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh innervate?
Skin of the…
- Inferior butt
- Posterior thigh
- Popliteal fossa
- Lateral perineum
- Upper medial thigh
This is the only nerve that arises superior to the piriformis
Superior gluteal nerve
What is innervated by the superior gluteal nerve?
- Gluteus medius
- Gluteus minimus
- Tensor fasia lata
This nerve comes out of the Greater sciatic foramen with the piriformis muscle
Sciatic nerve
What does the sciatic nerve innervate? and what are its parts?
- Tibial Branch
- -hamstring m
- Common fibular branch
- -posterior thigh and short head of biceps femorus
What does the inferior gluteal nerve innervate?
-Gluteus maximus
This nerve is the most medial, it goes through the Greater Sciatic Foramen and dives back through the Lesser Sciatic foramen
The pudenal nerve
What does the pudenal nerve innervate?
- No function in the gluteal region or posterior thigh
- Main nerve of the perineal region
What does the nerve to obterator internist innervate?
-Obturator internist
-Superior gemellis
(goes through the lesser sciatic foramen)
What does the nerve to quadratus femorus innervate?
- Quadratus femorus
- Inferior gemellus
What does the obturator nerve innervate?
- Adductor longus
- Adductor brevis
- Adductor magnus (adductor part)
- Obturator externist
What muscle of the anterior thigh is innervated by the Sciatic nerve
Adductor magnus - Hamstring part
