Nerve to quadratus femoris

Nerve to quadratus femoris

Details
From sacral plexus (L4-L5)
Innervates Quadratus femoris, Inferior gemellus
Identifiers
Latin Nervus musculi quadrati femoris
TA A14.2.07.030
FMA 78705

Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The nerve to quadratus femoris is a nerve that provides innervation to the quadratus femoris and gemellus inferior muscles.

Course

The nerve to quadratus femoris is a sacral plexus nerve. It arises from the ventral divisions of the fourth and fifth lumbar and first sacral nerves: it leaves the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen, below the piriformis muscle, and runs down in front of the sciatic nerve, the superior and inferior gemellus muscles, and the tendon of the obturator internus, and enters the anterior surfaces of the muscles; it gives an articular branch to the hip-joint.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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