Posterior branch of coccygeal nerve
| Posterior branch of 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. | |
| Details | |
| Latin | ramus posterior nervi coccygei |
From | coccygeal nerve |
| Identifiers | |
| Gray's | p.925 |
| Dorlands /Elsevier | r_02/12691691 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
The posterior division of the coccygeal nerve does not divide into a medial and a lateral branch, but receives a communicating branch from the last sacral; it is distributed to the skin over the back of the coccyx.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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