Anococcygeal nerve | |
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Plan of sacral and pudendal plexuses (anococcygeal nerve not labeled, but visible at bottom right)
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From | Coccygeal plexus |
Identifiers | |
Latin | Nervus anococcygeus |
Dorlands /Elsevier |
n_05/12565205 |
TA | A14.2.07.045 |
FMA | 19038 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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The anococcygeal nerve is a nerve in the pelvis which provides sensory innervation to the skin over the coccyx.
The anococcygeal nerve arises from a small plexus known as the coccygeal plexus. It pierces the sacrotuberous ligament to supply the skin in the region of the coccyx as well as the sacrococcygeal joint.
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)