Medial cluneal nerves

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Nerve: 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.
Diagram of the segmental distribution of the cutaneous nerves of the right lower extremity. Posterior view. (Posterior div of sacral visible in pink at upper left.)
Latin	nervi clunium medii
Innervates	buttocks
From	posterior branches of sacral nerves
Dorlands / Elsevier	n_05/12565395

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The medial clunial nerves innervate the skin of the buttocks closest to the midline of the body. They arise from the posterior rami of sacral spinal nerves (S1, 2, 3).

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

• medial+cluneal+nerves at eMedicine Dictionary
• Norman/Georgetown glutealregion
• SUNY Labs 11:07-0103 - "Superficial Anatomy of the Lower Extremity: Cutaneous Nerves of the Posterior Aspect of the Lower Extremity"

v • d • e Nerves: spinal nerves
Cervical (8)	anterior (Cervical plexus, Brachial plexus) - posterior (Posterior branches of cervical nerves, Suboccipital, Greater occipital, Third occipital)
Thoracic (12)	anterior (Intercostal, Intercostobrachial - T2, Thoraco-abdominal nerves - T7-T11, Subcostal - T12) - posterior (Posterior branches of thoracic nerves)
Lumbar (5)	anterior (Lumbar plexus, Lumbosacral trunk) - posterior (Posterior branches of the lumbar nerves, Superior cluneal L1-L3)
Sacral (5)	anterior (Sacral plexus) - posterior (Posterior branches of sacral nerves, Medial cluneal nerves)
Coccygeal (1)	anterior (Coccygeal plexus) - posterior (Posterior branch of coccygeal nerve)