Posterior branch of obturator nerve

Posterior branch of obturator nerve
Posterior branch of obturator nerve
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 [edit on Wikidata]

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]

It usually gives off an articular branch to the knee-joint.

^ Chung, Kyung Won (2012). Gross anatomy. Harold M. Chung (7th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 978-1-60547-745-9. OCLC 701450118.

[1] Chung, Kyung Won (2012). Gross anatomy. Harold M. Chung (7th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 978-1-60547-745-9. OCLC 701450118.

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