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Coccygeus muscle

Coccygeus muscle
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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
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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)


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