2nd SEMESTER
,
, CUTANEOUS SUPPLY OF THIGH BY
GLUTEAL REGION ANTERIOR AND POPSTERIOR RAMI OF SPINAL NERVES
bounded superiorly by the iliac crest and inferiorly by the fold of the buttock. The region is largely made up
of the gluteal muscles and a thick layer of superficial fascia.
UPPER MEDIAL QUADRANT UPPER LATERAL QUADRANT
POSTERIOR RAMI OF L1,2,3 AND S1,2,3 LATERAL BRANCH OF ILIOHYPOGASTRIC (L1) AND
NERVES T12 NERVES
LOWER MEDIAL QUADRANT LOWER LATERAL QUADRANT
POSTERIOR CUTANEOUS NERVE OF THIGH LATERAL CUTANEOUS NERVE OF THIGH
S1,2,3 L2,3
Small branches of the lower sacral and coccygeal nerves supply the skin over the coccyx in the floor of the cleft
between the buttocks.
, ILIOHYPOGASTRIC (L1)
L1,2,3 AND S1,2,3 AND T12 NERVES
NERVES
POSTERIOR CUTANEOUS NERVE OF
LATERAL CUTANEOUS NERVE THIGH
OF THIGH S1,2,3
L2,3
,
,
, CUTANEOUS SUPPLY OF THIGH BY
GLUTEAL REGION ANTERIOR AND POPSTERIOR RAMI OF SPINAL NERVES
bounded superiorly by the iliac crest and inferiorly by the fold of the buttock. The region is largely made up
of the gluteal muscles and a thick layer of superficial fascia.
UPPER MEDIAL QUADRANT UPPER LATERAL QUADRANT
POSTERIOR RAMI OF L1,2,3 AND S1,2,3 LATERAL BRANCH OF ILIOHYPOGASTRIC (L1) AND
NERVES T12 NERVES
LOWER MEDIAL QUADRANT LOWER LATERAL QUADRANT
POSTERIOR CUTANEOUS NERVE OF THIGH LATERAL CUTANEOUS NERVE OF THIGH
S1,2,3 L2,3
Small branches of the lower sacral and coccygeal nerves supply the skin over the coccyx in the floor of the cleft
between the buttocks.
, ILIOHYPOGASTRIC (L1)
L1,2,3 AND S1,2,3 AND T12 NERVES
NERVES
POSTERIOR CUTANEOUS NERVE OF
LATERAL CUTANEOUS NERVE THIGH
OF THIGH S1,2,3
L2,3
,
