Anococcygeal body
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| Left Levator ani from within. (Anococcygeal raphe labeled at lower left.) | |
| Latin | corpus anococcygeum, ligamentum anococcygeum |
| Gray's | subject #119 423 |
The fibers of the Levator ani pass downward and backward to the middle line of the floor of the pelvis; the most posterior are inserted into the side of the last two segments of the coccyx; those placed more anteriorly unite with the muscle of the opposite side, in a median fibrous raphé, the anococcygeal body (or anococcygeal ligament, or anococcygeal raphé), which extends between the coccyx and the margin of the anus.
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[edit] External links
- Image at rsnajnls.org
- Coccyx pain, tailbone pain, coccydynia (Peer-reviewed medical chapter, available free online at eMedicine)
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