Anococcygeal nerve
Anococcygeal nerve | |
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![]() Plan of sacral and pudendal plexuses (anococcygeal nerve not labeled, but visible at bottom right) | |
Details | |
From | Coccygeal plexus |
Identifiers | |
Latin | Nervus anococcygeus |
TA98 | A14.2.07.045 |
TA2 | 6599 |
FMA | 19038 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
The anococcygeal nerve is a nerve in the pelvis which provides sensory innervation to the skin over the coccyx.[1]
Structure[]
The anococcygeal nerve arises from the coccygeal plexus.[2] It pierces the sacrotuberous ligament to supply the skin in the region of the coccyx as well as the sacrococcygeal joint.
See also[]
References[]
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 968 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- ^ Jang, HS; Cho, KH; Chang, H; Jin, ZW; Rodriguez-Vazquez, JF; Murakami, G (2015). "The Filum Terminale Revisited: A Histological Study in Human Fetuses". Pediatric Neurosurgery. 51 (1): 9–19. doi:10.1159/000439284. PMID 26595116. S2CID 10812828.
- ^ Wooten, Candace (2015-01-01), Tubbs, R. Shane; Rizk, Elias; Shoja, Mohammadali M.; Loukas, Marios (eds.), "Chapter 49 - Anatomy of the Coccygeal Plexus", Nerves and Nerve Injuries, San Diego: Academic Press, pp. 659–661, doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-410390-0.00051-2, ISBN 978-0-12-410390-0, retrieved 2021-02-08
External links[]
- Coccyx pain, tailbone pain, coccydynia (Peer-reviewed medical chapter, available free online at eMedicine)
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- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- Nerves of the lower limb and lower torso
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