Anatom3DPosterior femoral cutaneous nerve
Nervus cutaneus femoris posterior · Zadní kožní nerv stehenní
Nervous system
Looks like
A sensory nerve from S1–S3 leaving the pelvis below the piriformis and running down the back of the thigh under the fascia.
What it does
Brings feeling from the lower buttock, perineum and back of the thigh down to the calf.
Keeping it well
Can be irritated by prolonged sitting or buttock injections, giving numbness or pain at the back of the thigh.
Related conditions
- Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
- Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
- Botulism
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Chronic neuropathic pain
- Chronic pain syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Lyme disease
- Myasthenia gravis
- Neurogenic bladder
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Rabies
- Restless legs syndrome
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Tetanus
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies