Preferred Label : pudendal nerve;

MeSH definition : A nerve which originates in the sacral spinal cord (S2 to S4) and innervates the PERINEUM, the external GENITALIA, the external ANAL SPHINCTER and the external urethral sphincter. It has three major branches: the perineal nerve, inferior anal nerves, and the dorsal nerve of penis or clitoris.;

MeSH synonym : nerve, pudendal; nerves, pudendal; pudendal nerves;

MeSH hyponym : dorsal penile nerve; inferior hemorrhoidal nerve; dorsal clitoris nerve; perineal nerve; Nerve, Perineal; Nerves, Perineal; Perineal Nerves; Hemorrhoidal Nerve, Inferior; Hemorrhoidal Nerves, Inferior; Inferior Hemorrhoidal Nerves; Nerve, Inferior Hemorrhoidal; Nerves, Inferior Hemorrhoidal; Inferior Anal Nerve; Anal Nerve, Inferior; Anal Nerves, Inferior; Inferior Anal Nerves; Nerve, Inferior Anal; Nerves, Inferior Anal; Clitoris Nerve, Dorsal; Clitoris Nerves, Dorsal; Dorsal Clitoris Nerves; Nerve, Dorsal Clitoris; Nerves, Dorsal Clitoris; Dorsal Nerve of Clitoris; Clitoris Dorsal Nerve; Clitoris Dorsal Nerves; Dorsal Penile Nerves; Nerve, Dorsal Penile; Nerves, Dorsal Penile; Penile Nerve, Dorsal; Penile Nerves, Dorsal; Dorsal Nerve of Penis; Penis Dorsal Nerve; Penis Dorsal Nerves;

MeSH annotation : do not confuse with PERONEAL NERVE;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudendal nerve;

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A nerve which originates in the sacral spinal cord (S2 to S4) and innervates the PERINEUM, the external GENITALIA, the external ANAL SPHINCTER and the external urethral sphincter. It has three major branches: the perineal nerve, inferior anal nerves, and the dorsal nerve of penis or clitoris.

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