Editing Pudendal nerve (section)

===Variation===
The pudendal nerve may vary in its origins. For example, the pudendal nerve may actually originate in the [[sciatic nerve]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Nayak|first=Soubhagya R.|author2=Madhan Kumar, S.J. |author3=Krishnamurthy, Ashwin |author4=Latha Prabhu, V. |author5=D'costa, Sujatha |author6=Jetti, Raghu|title=Unusual origin of dorsal nerve of penis and abnormal formation of pudendal nerve—Clinical significance|journal=Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger|date=November 2006|volume=188|issue=6|pages=565–566|doi=10.1016/j.aanat.2006.06.011|pmid=17140150}}</ref> Consequently, damage to the sciatic nerve can affect the pudendal nerve as well. Sometimes [[Dorsal ramus of spinal nerve|dorsal rami]] of the first [[sacral nerve]] contribute fibers to the pudendal nerve, and even more rarely {{abbr|S5|fifth sacral nerve}}.<ref name=Shafik1995>{{cite journal|last=Shafik|first=A|author2=el-Sherif, M |author3=Youssef, A |author4= Olfat, ES |title=Surgical anatomy of the pudendal nerve and its clinical implications|journal=Clinical Anatomy|year=1995|volume=8|issue=2|pages=110–5|pmid=7712320 |doi=10.1002/ca.980080205|s2cid=26706414}}</ref>