Anococcygeal nerve

Anococcygeal nerve
Plan of sacral and pudendal plexuses (anococcygeal nerve not labeled, but visible at bottom right)
Details
FromCoccygeal plexus
Identifiers
LatinNervus anococcygeus
TA98A14.2.07.045
TA26599
FMA19038
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

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 968 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. 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.
  2. 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


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