Genitalia
Rectum
Topography
Sections
Innervation of the female genitalia
Medulla spinalis
Rr communicantes
R interganglionaris
Plexus ovaricus
P le x u s h yp o g a stric u s
su p erio r
N hypogastricus
Ganglia trunci
sym path ici
A ovarica
Plexus hypogastricus inferior
Plexus uterovaginalis*
Fig. 1161
Female genitalia,
Organa genitalia feminina;
diagram demonstrating the autonomous innervation;
ventral view.
Green = sympathetic nervous system
Purple = parasympathetic nervous system
* C linical term : FRANKENHAUSER's ganglion
Also: erigent nerves
The autonomic plexus are interspersed with ganglia.
The hypogastric and uterovaginal plexus contain both
sympathetic and parasympathetic fibres.
Ganglia pelvica,
Radix parasympathica
[Nn. splanchnici pelvici]**
Labium minus pudendi
(Introitus vaginae)
------
\
---------Ganglia pelvica,
Radix parasympathica
[Nn. splanchnici pelvici]
Plexus sacralis
N pudendus
Nn. labiales posteriores
Innervation of the female genitalia
Origin
Course
Organ
Function
Parasympathetic
Sacral part
of the
spinal cord
(S2 - SA)
Ganglia pelvica, Radix
parasympathica
[Nn. splanchnici pelvici]
A
Nn. cavernosi clitoridis
Tuba uterina
Uterus
Vagina
Clitoris
Vasodilatation
Vasodilatation
Transsudation
Erection
Sympathetic
Thoracic part
of the spinal
cord (T10-T12)
Plexus mesentericus
superior
si
Plexus
ovaricus
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Plexus renalis
Ovar
Vasoconstriction
Truncus sympathicus
4,
Lumbar part
of the spinal
cord (L1 - L2)
Plexus hypogastricus
superior
A
N hypogastricus
Plexus hypogastricus
inferior
A
Plexus uterovaginalis
(FRANKENHAUSER's
ganglion)
Tuba uterina
Uterus
Vagina
Contraction
Somatomotor,
somatosensory
Sacral part
of the
spinal cord
(S2 - SA)
N dorsalis
7i clitoridis
N. pudendus
si Nn labiales
posteriores
Clitoris
Labia majora
M. ischiocavernosus
M bulbospongiosus
Contraction
