Posterior branch of coccygeal nerve

Posterior branch of coccygeal nerve
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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Fromcoccygeal nerve
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Latinramus posterior nervi coccygei
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.

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Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 925 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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