Posterior branches of sacral nerves
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| Posterior branches of sacral nerves | |
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 The posterior divisions of the sacral 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. | |
| Details | |
| From | sacral nerves |
| To | medial cluneal nerves |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | rami posteriores nervorum sacralium |
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| TH | {{#property:P1694}} |
| TE | {{#property:P1693}} |
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| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [[[d:Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 865: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|edit on Wikidata]]] | |
The posterior divisions of the sacral nerves are small and diminish in size as they move downward; they emerge, except the last, through the posterior sacral foramina.
The upper three are covered at their points of exit by the multifidus and divide into medial and lateral branches.
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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