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Pudendal Plexus
Abstract
The pudendal plexus, like the parts of the lumbosacral plexus described previously, varies in its formation. The following table shows the extreme range of variation and the usual form of the largest nerve (pudendal or pudic) of this plexus. Range of Variation of Pudendal Plexus (from Bardeen) Nerve High form of plexus Usual form of plexus Low form of plexus Composition Pudendal S2, S3 S2, S3, S4 S3, S4 Extreme Range of Variation Pudendal L5, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5 S1, S2, S3, S4 S2, S3, S4, S5
The pudendal plexus, like the parts of the lumbosacral plexus described previously, varies in its formation. The following table shows the extreme range of variation and the usual form of the largest nerve (pudendal or pudic) of this plexus.
Range of Variation of Pudendal Plexus (from Bardeen)
Nerve
High form of plexus
Usual form of plexus
Low form of plexus Composition
Pudendal
S2, S3
S2, S3, S4
S3, S4 Extreme Range of Variation
Pudendal
L5, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5
S1, S2, S3, S4
S2, S3, S4, S5
Riferimenti dell’opera originale
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- Cruveilhier, J. (1851) Traité d'Anatomie Descriptive, 3rd ed., G. Doin & Cie., Paris.
- Henle, J. (1868) Handbuch der Systematischen Anatomie des Menschen. von Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, Baunschweig.
- Jackson, C.M., Ed. (1933) Morris' Human Anatomy, 9th ed., P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Inc., Philadelphia.
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- Schaefer, E.A., Symington, J. and T.H. Bryce., Eds. (1915) Quain's Anatomy, 11th ed., Longmans, Green, and Co., London.
Anatomical classification
- Systems:
- Nervous system
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