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The pudendal nerve is the main nerve of the perineum. [1]: 274 It is a mixed (motor and sensory) nerve and also conveys sympathetic autonomic fibers.It carries sensation from the external genitalia of both sexes and the skin around the anus and perineum, as well as the motor supply to various pelvic muscles, including the male or female external urethral sphincter and the external anal sphincter.
For females, the mons pubis forms the anterior and superior portion of the vulva.It divides into the labia majora (literally "larger lips"), on either side of the furrow known as the pudendal cleft that surrounds the rest of the vulvar parts: labia minora, clitoris, urinary meatus, vaginal opening, and vulval vestibule.
The Latin term labium/labia is used in anatomy for a number of usually paired parallel structures, but in English, it is mostly applied to two pairs of parts of the vulva—labia majora and labia minora.
The pudendal canal (also called Alcock's canal) is an anatomical structure formed by the obturator fascia (fascia of the obturator internus muscle) lining the lateral wall of the ischioanal fossa.
As discussed previously, pudendal nerve block is used as a diagnostic test for pudendal nerve entrapment. If the pain is relieved, this could mean that the origin of the pain is the pudendal nerve. However, pudendal nerve blocks are sometimes used as a long-term treatment, rather than as a one-time diagnostic test.
Schema of arteries arising from the iliac and femoral arteries. The pudendal arteries are a group of arteries which supply many of the muscles and organs of the pelvic cavity.
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