Medial cluneal nerves

Medial cluneal nerves
Areas of distribution of the cutaneous branches of the posterior divisions of the spinal nerves. The areas of the medial branches are in black, those of the lateral in red.
Cutaneous nerves of the right lower extremity. Front and posterior views. (Posterior div of sacral visible in pink at upper left.)
Details
From	posterior branches of sacral nerves
Innervates	buttocks
Identifiers
Latin	nervi clunium medii
Dorlands /Elsevier	n_05/12565395
TA	A14.2.06.006
*Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy* [edit on Wikidata]

The medial clunial nerves innervate the skin of the buttocks closest to the midline of the body. Those nerves arise from the posterior rami of sacral spinal nerves (S1, S2, and S3).

Additional images

Diagram of the distribution of the cutaneous branches of the posterior divisions of the spinal nerves.

The posterior divisions of the sacral nerves.

External links

glutealregion at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
Anatomy photo:11:07-0103 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Superficial Anatomy of the Lower Extremity: Cutaneous Nerves of the Posterior Aspect of the Lower Extremity"

Spinal nerves

Cervical	C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 anterior Cervical plexus Brachial plexus posterior Posterior branches of cervical nerves Suboccipital – C1 Greater occipital – C2 Third occipital – C3

Thoracic	T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 T9 T10 T11 T12 anterior Intercostal Intercostobrachial – T2 Thoraco-abdominal nerves – T7–T11 Subcostal – T12 posterior Posterior branches of thoracic nerves

Lumbar	L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 anterior Lumbar plexus Lumbosacral trunk posterior Posterior branches of the lumbar nerves Superior cluneal L1–L3

Sacral	S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 anterior Sacral plexus posterior Posterior branches of sacral nerves Medial cluneal nerves

Coccygeal	anterior Coccygeal plexus posterior Posterior branch of coccygeal nerve

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