nerve to obturator internus

{{Short description|Human nerve}}

{{Distinguish|Obturator nerve}}

{{Infobox nerve

| Name = Nerve to obturator internus

| Latin = nervus musculi obturatorii interni

| Image = Gray828.png

| Caption = Plan of sacral plexus and pudendal plexus (nerve to the obturator internus and gemellus superior labeled at lower left)

| Image2 = Gray832.png

| Caption2 = Nerves of the right leg seen from behind (nerve to the obturator internus labeled at upper left)

| Innervates = Obturator internus and gemellus superior muscles

| BranchFrom = Sacral plexus

| BranchTo =

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The nerve to obturator internus (also known as the obturator internus nerve{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}) is a mixed (sensory and motor){{Cite book |last=Mirjalili |first=S. Ali |title=Nerves and Nerve Injuries |publisher=Academic Press |year=2015 |isbn=978-0-12-410390-0 |volume=1: History, Embryology, Anatomy, Imaging, and Diagnostics |location= |pages=626 |chapter=Chapter 46 - Anatomy of the Sacral Plexus L4-S4 |doi=10.1016/B978-0-12-410390-0.00048-2 |chapter-url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124103900000482}} nerve providing motor innervation to the obturator internus muscle and gemellus superior muscle, and sensory innervation to the hip joint. It is a branch of the sacral plexus. It is one of the group of deep gluteal nerves.{{Cite book |last1=Moore |first1=Keith L. |title=Clinically Oriented Anatomy |last2=Dalley |first2=Arthur F. |last3=Agur |first3=Anne M. R. |publisher=Wolters Kluwer |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-4963-4721-3 |edition=8th |location= |pages=733–734}}

It exits the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen to innervate the gemellus superior muscle, then re-enters the pelvis to innervate the obturator internus muscle.