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sciatic ligament and are separated into the two sets above mentioned 

 by the great sciatic ligament. To the dorso-lateral set belong the 

 posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh (the lesser sciatic), and the 

 inferior pudendal nerves. To the ventro-median set belong the pudic 

 nerves (the peroneal and haemorrhoidal nerves and the dorsal nerves 



XXII spinal Ü ■ ■ ■ /■ 



X<M'- iliohypogastric N 



.inguinal N 



"- ueuitocniral N 



pudic N - 

 inf. pudendal N ■ - 



Fig. 7. Plexus of type F. 



of the penis), the perforating cutaneous nerve and the nerves supplying 

 the musculature of the pelvic floor. For the sake of simplicity the 

 relations of the posterior cutaneous (including the inferior pudendal) 

 and of the pudic nerves to the spinal nerves have alone been given 

 in the tables. A study of the tables 2 — 8 will readily show that these 

 posterior border nerves, like the anterior border nerves, tend to have 



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