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Descriptor English: Pudendal Nerve
Descriptor Spanish: Nervio Pudendo
Descriptor nervio pudendo
Scope note: Nervio que se origina en la médula espinal sacra (S2 a S4) e inerva el PERINEO, los GENITALES externos, el ESFINTER ANAL externo y el esfínter uretral externo. Tiene tres ramas principales: el nervio perineal, el nervio anal inferior y el nervio dorsal del pene o del clítoris.
Descriptor Portuguese: Nervo Pudendo
Descriptor French: Nerf pudendal
Entry term(s): Anal Nerve, Inferior
Anal Nerves, Inferior
Clitoris Dorsal Nerve
Clitoris Dorsal Nerves
Clitoris Nerve, Dorsal
Clitoris Nerves, Dorsal
Dorsal Clitoris Nerve
Dorsal Clitoris Nerves
Dorsal Nerve of Clitoris
Dorsal Nerve of Penis
Dorsal Penile Nerve
Dorsal Penile Nerves
Hemorrhoidal Nerve, Inferior
Hemorrhoidal Nerves, Inferior
Inferior Anal Nerve
Inferior Anal Nerves
Inferior Hemorrhoidal Nerve
Inferior Hemorrhoidal Nerves
Nerve, Dorsal Clitoris
Nerve, Dorsal Penile
Nerve, Inferior Anal
Nerve, Inferior Hemorrhoidal
Nerve, Perineal
Nerve, Pudendal
Nerves, Dorsal Clitoris
Nerves, Dorsal Penile
Nerves, Inferior Anal
Nerves, Inferior Hemorrhoidal
Nerves, Perineal
Nerves, Pudendal
Penile Nerve, Dorsal
Penile Nerves, Dorsal
Penis Dorsal Nerve
Penis Dorsal Nerves
Perineal Nerve
Perineal Nerves
Pudendal Nerves
Tree number(s): A08.800.800.720.450.680
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D060525
Scope note: A nerve which originates in the sacral spinal cord (S2 to S4) and innervates the PERINEUM, the external GENITALIA, the external ANAL SPHINCTER and the external urethral sphincter. It has three major branches: the perineal nerve, inferior anal nerves, and the dorsal nerve of penis or clitoris.
Annotation: do not confuse with PERONEAL NERVE
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Penis (1967-2011)
Perineum (1969-2011)
Urethra (1969-2011)
Urinary Bladder (1967-2011)
Public MeSH Note: 2012
History Note: 2012
Related: Peroneal Nerve MeSH
DeCS ID: 54423
Unique ID: D060525
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Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 2011/06/24
Pudendal Nerve - Preferred
Concept UI M0554334
Scope note A nerve which originates in the sacral spinal cord (S2 to S4) and innervates the PERINEUM, the external GENITALIA, the external ANAL SPHINCTER and the external urethral sphincter. It has three major branches: the perineal nerve, inferior anal nerves, and the dorsal nerve of penis or clitoris.
Preferred term Pudendal Nerve
Entry term(s) Nerve, Pudendal
Nerves, Pudendal
Pudendal Nerves
Perineal Nerve - Narrower
Concept UI M0554336
Preferred term Perineal Nerve
Entry term(s) Nerve, Perineal
Nerves, Perineal
Perineal Nerves
Inferior Hemorrhoidal Nerve - Narrower
Concept UI M0554335
Preferred term Inferior Hemorrhoidal Nerve
Entry term(s) Anal Nerve, Inferior
Anal Nerves, Inferior
Hemorrhoidal Nerve, Inferior
Hemorrhoidal Nerves, Inferior
Inferior Anal Nerve
Inferior Anal Nerves
Inferior Hemorrhoidal Nerves
Nerve, Inferior Anal
Nerve, Inferior Hemorrhoidal
Nerves, Inferior Anal
Nerves, Inferior Hemorrhoidal
Dorsal Clitoris Nerve - Narrower
Concept UI M0554338
Preferred term Dorsal Clitoris Nerve
Entry term(s) Clitoris Dorsal Nerve
Clitoris Dorsal Nerves
Clitoris Nerve, Dorsal
Clitoris Nerves, Dorsal
Dorsal Clitoris Nerves
Dorsal Nerve of Clitoris
Nerve, Dorsal Clitoris
Nerves, Dorsal Clitoris
Dorsal Penile Nerve - Narrower
Concept UI M0554337
Preferred term Dorsal Penile Nerve
Entry term(s) Dorsal Nerve of Penis
Dorsal Penile Nerves
Nerve, Dorsal Penile
Nerves, Dorsal Penile
Penile Nerve, Dorsal
Penile Nerves, Dorsal
Penis Dorsal Nerve
Penis Dorsal Nerves



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