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Nerve: Dorsal nerve of clitoris
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Sacral plexus of the right side. (Dorsal nerve of penis visible at bottom left, and dorsal nerve of clitoris follows similar path.)
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Deep and superficial dissection of the lumbar plexus. (Same note as above.)
Latin	nervus dorsalis clitoridis
Gray's	subject #213 968
Innervates	clitoris
From	pudendal nerve
Dorlands/Elsevier	n_05/12565710

The dorsal nerve of the clitoris is a nerve in females that branches off the pudendal nerve to innervate the clitoris.

[edit] Structure

The dorsal nerve of the clitoris is analogous to the dorsal nerve of the penis in males. It is a terminal branch of the pudendal nerve.

[edit] See also

• Posterior labial nerves
• Perineal nerve
• Dorsal nerve of penis
• Dorsal artery of clitoris

[edit] External links

• SUNY Labs 41:13-0202 - "The Female Perineum: The Deep Perineal Pouch"
• SUNY Anatomy Image 9209
• SUNY Anatomy Image 9278

Lumbosacral plexus

lumbar plexus: iliohypogastric - ilioinguinal - genitofemoral (femoral branch/lumboinguinal, genital branch) - lateral cutaneous of thigh (patellar) - obturator (accessory obturator) - femoral (saphenous) sacral/coccygeal plexus: to quadratus femoris - to obturator internus - to the piriformis - superior gluteal - inferior gluteal - posterior cutaneous of thigh sciatic: tibial (sural - medial plantar - lateral plantar) - common fibular (deep fibular - superficial fibular) pudendal plexus: perforating cutaneous - pudendal (dorsal of the penis/clitoris, inferior anal, perineal and posterior scrotal/labial) - anococcygeal