Anococcygeal nerve
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| Nerve: Anococcygeal nerve | |
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| Plan of sacral and pudendal plexuses. (Anococcygeal nerve not labeled, but visible at bottom right.) | |
| Latin | nervus anococcygeus |
| Gray's | subject #213 968 |
| From | coccygeal plexus |
| Dorlands / Elsevier |
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The anococcygeal nerve is a nerve in the pelvis which provides sensory innervation to the skin over the coccyx.
[edit] Structure
The anococcygeal nerve arises from a small plexus known as the coccygeal plexus. It pierce the sacrotuberous ligament to supply the skin in the region of the coccyx as well as the sacrococcygeal joint.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- anococcygeal+nerve at eMedicine Dictionary
- Coccyx pain, tailbone pain, coccydynia (Peer-reviewed medical chapter, available free online at eMedicine)
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