The cluneal nerves (or clunial nerves) are
cutaneous nerve A cutaneous nerve is a nerve that provides nerve supply to the skin.
Human anatomy
In human anatomy, cutaneous nerves are primarily responsible for providing cutaneous innervation, sensory innervation to the skin. In addition to sympathetic and ...
s of the
buttocks
The buttocks (: buttock) are two rounded portions of the exterior anatomy of most mammals, located on the posterior of the pelvic region. In humans, the buttocks are located between the lower back and the perineum. They are composed of a lay ...
. They are often classified according to where on the buttocks they innervate. Specifically, the nerves are as follows:
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Superior cluneal nerves
The superior cluneal nerves are pure sensory nerves that innervate the skin of the upper part of the buttocks. They are the terminal ends of the L1-L3 spinal nerve dorsal rami lateral branches. They are one of three different types of cluneal ner ...
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Medial cluneal nerves
The medial clunial nerves innervate the skin of the buttocks closest to the midline of the body. Those nerves arise from the posterior rami of spinal sacral nerves
A spinal nerve is a mixed nerve, which carries motor, sensory, and autonomic s ...
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Inferior cluneal nerves
The inferior clunial nerves (also gluteal branches of posterior femoral cutaneous nerve) are branches of the posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh that innervate the skin of the lower part of the buttocks
The buttocks (: buttock) are two r ...
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