The pudendal nerve is a somatic nerve in the pelvic region that innervates the external genitalia of both sexes, as well as sphincters for the bladder and the rectum. It originates in Onuf's nucleus in the sacral region of the spinal cord. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudendal_nerve ]

Synonyms: nervus pudendales nervus pudendae

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Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

human_reference_atlas

latin term
nervus pudendales [ doi:10.1002/ca.23705 ]

latin term
nervus pudendae [ doi:10.1002/ca.23705 ]

has related synonym

pudenal nerve

internal pudendal nerve

id

UBERON:0011390

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606