Posterior Division of Obturator Nerve

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• pierces obturator externus
• passes downward 
  • behind adductor brevis
  • in front of adductor magnus
• terminates by descending through opening in adductor magnus to supply knee joint
• gives branches to 
  • obturator externus
  • adductor magnus (adductor part)
  • adductor brevis (occasionally)

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