Nerve to obturator internus
Plan of sacral plexus and pudendal plexus (nerve to the obturator internus and gemellus superior labeled at lower left)
Nerves of the right leg seen from behind (nerve to the obturator internus labeled at upper left)
Details
FromSacral plexus
InnervatesObturator internus and gemellus superior muscles
Identifiers
LatinNervus musculi obturatorii interni
TA98A14.2.07.028
TA26550
FMA78711
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The nerve to obturator internus (also known as the obturator internus nerve) is a mixed (sensory and motor)[1] nerve providing motor innervation to the obturator internus muscle and gemellus superior muscle,[2][1] and sensory innervation to the hip joint.[1] It is a branch of the sacral plexus. It is one of the group of deep gluteal nerves.[2]

It exits the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen to innervate the gemellus superior muscle, then re-enters the pelvis to innervate the obturator internus muscle.[2]

Structure

Origin

The nerve to obturator internus is a branch of the lumbosacral plexus.[3] It arises from the anterior divisions of (the anterior rami of[2]) L5-S2.[3][4][2]

Course and relations

It emerges inferior to the piriformis muscle and exits the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen. It travels round the base of the ischial spine[2] lateral to the internal pudendal artery and nerve, and - while doing so - issues a branch to the gemellus superior, which enters the upper part of the posterior surface of the muscle. It then re-enters the pelvis through the lesser sciatic foramen to innervate the obturator internus muscle,[2] piercing the pelvic surface of this muscle.

See also

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 957 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. 1 2 3 Mirjalili, S. Ali (2015). "Chapter 46 - Anatomy of the Sacral Plexus L4-S4". Nerves and Nerve Injuries. Vol. 1: History, Embryology, Anatomy, Imaging, and Diagnostics. Academic Press. p. 626. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-410390-0.00048-2. ISBN 978-0-12-410390-0.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Moore, Keith L.; Dalley, Arthur F.; Agur, Anne M. R. (2018). Clinically Oriented Anatomy (8th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. pp. 733–734. ISBN 978-1-4963-4721-3.
  3. 1 2 Warner, Tyler; Tubbs, R. Shane (2021-01-01), Tubbs, R. Shane; Iwanaga, Joe; Loukas, Marios; Dumont, Aaron S. (eds.), "Chapter 7 - The Nerve to Obturator Internus", Surgical Anatomy of the Sacral Plexus and Its Branches, Elsevier, pp. 31–34, ISBN 978-0-323-77602-8, retrieved 2021-02-06
  4. ↑ Chiva, Luis M.; Magrina, Javier (2018-01-01). "Chapter 2 - Abdominal and Pelvic Anatomy". Abdominal and Pelvic Anatomy. Elsevier. pp. 3–49. doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-42878-1.00002-x. ISBN 978-0-323-42878-1.


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