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