Coccygeus muscle

Coccygeus muscle
Left Levator ani from within.
Details
Origin	Sacrospinous ligament and ischial spine
Insertion	Lateral margin of coccyx and related border of sacrum
Nerve	Pudendal nerve; sacral nerves: S4, S5 or S3-S4
Actions	pulls coccyx forward after defecation, closing in the back part of the outlet of the pelvis
Identifiers
Latin	musculus coccygeus
Dorlands /Elsevier	m_22/12548603
TA	A04.5.04.011
FMA	19088
Anatomical terms of muscle []

The Coccygeus is a muscle of the pelvic floor, located posterior to levator ani and anterior to the sacrospinous ligament.

It is a triangular plane of muscular and tendinous fibers, arising by its apex from the spine of the ischium and sacrospinous ligament, and inserted by its base into the margin of the coccyx and into the side of the lowest piece of the sacrum.

In combination with the levator ani, it forms the pelvic diaphragm.

It assists the levator ani and piriformis in closing in the back part of the outlet of the pelvis.

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