Editing Prostate (section)

== Nerve Supply ==

* In males, the pelvic plexus is located retroperitoneally beside the rectum 5 to 11 cm from the anal verge
* The nerves innervating the prostate travel outside the fascia of the prostate and Denonvilliers fascia until they perforate the fascia where they enter the prostate

=== Efferent ===
* '''Cavernous nerves'''
** From the pelvic plexus
** '''Provide sympathetic and parasympathetic innervation to the prostate'''
*** '''Sympathetic fibers innervate the smooth muscle of the capsule and stroma for contraction.'''
*** '''Parasympathetic fibers promote secretory function by terminating in the acini'''
** Pass by the tips of the seminal vesicles and course very close to the apex of the prostate, where they are most vulnerable to injury.

=== Affarent ===
* The pelvic plexuses carry afferent neurons from the prostate to the pelvic and thoracolumbar spinal centers