Posterior branch of obturator nerve
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The posterior branch of the obturator nerve pierces the anterior part of the obturator externus, and supplies this muscle; it then passes behind the adductor brevis on the front of the adductor magnus, where it divides into numerous muscular branches which are distributed to the adductor magnus and the adductor brevis.[1]
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Posterior branch of obturator nerve | |
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Details | |
From | Obturator nerve |
Innervates | Adductor magnus muscle |
Identifiers | |
Latin | ramus posterior nervi obturatorii |
TA98 | A14.2.07.016 |
TA2 | 6536 |
FMA | 45307 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
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It usually gives off an articular branch to the knee-joint.