Nerve: Dorsal nerve of clitoris
Sacral plexus of the right side. (Dorsal nerve of penis visible at bottom left, and dorsal nerve of clitoris follows similar path.)
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

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"
• http://ect.downstate.edu/courseware/haonline/figs/l41/410407.htm
• SUNY Anatomy Image 9209
• SUNY Anatomy Image 9278

v • d • e Nerves of lower limbs and lower torso: the lumbosacral plexus (L1-Co) (TA A14.2.05-07, GA 9.948) lumbar plexus (L1-L4) iliohypogastric lateral cutaneous branch · anterior cutaneous branch ilioinguinal anterior scrotal ♂/labial ♀ genitofemoral femoral branch/lumboinguinal · genital branch lateral cutaneous of thigh patellar obturator anterior (cutaneous) · posterior · accessory femoral anterior cutaneous branches · saphenous (infrapatellar, medial crural cutaneous) sacral plexus (L4-S4) sciatic common fibular lateral sural cutaneous (sural communicating branch) · deep fibular (lateral terminal branch, medial terminal branch, dorsal digital) · superficial fibular (medial dorsal cutaneous, intermediate dorsal cutaneous, dorsal digital) tibial medial sural cutaneous · medial calcaneal · medial plantar (common plantar digital nerves, proper plantar digital) · lateral plantar (deep branch, superficial branch, common plantar digital, proper plantar digital) sural lateral dorsal cutaneous · lateral calcaneal other muscular: superior gluteal/inferior gluteal · lateral rotator group (to quadratus femoris, to obturator internus, to the piriformis) cutaneous: posterior cutaneous of thigh (inferior cluneal, perineal branches) · perforating cutaneous coccygeal plexus (S4-Co) pudendal: inferior anal · perineal (deep, posterior scrotal ♂/labial ♀) · dorsal of the penis ♂/clitoris ♀ anococcygeal cutaneous innervation of the lower limbs

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