Coccygeal nerve
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| Nerve: Coccygeal nerve | |
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| Areas of distribution of the cutaneous branches of the posterior divisions of the spinal nerves. The areas of the medial branches are in black, those of the lateral in red. | |
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| Plan of sacral and pudendal plexuses. (Coccygeal labeled at bottom right.) | |
| Latin | nervus coccygeus |
| Gray's | subject #209 925 |
The coccygeal nerve is the spinal nerve that corresponds to the coccyx bone.
[edit] Structure
The coccygeal nerve is the 31st spinal nerve. It arises from the sacral plexus, and its ventral ramus helps form the coccygeal plexus. It does not divide into a medial and lateral branch. It is distributed to the skin over the back of the coccyx.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Coccyx pain (tailbone pain, coccydynia) (Peer-reviewed medical chapter, available free online at eMedicine)
- coccygeal+nerve+%5BCo%5D at eMedicine Dictionary
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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