Anococcygeal nerve

Anococcygeal nerve

Infobox Nerve
Name = Anococcygeal nerve
Latin = nervus anococcygeus
GraySubject = 213
GrayPage = 968


Caption = Plan of sacral and pudendal plexuses. (Anococcygeal nerve not labeled, but visible at bottom right.)


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The anococcygeal nerve is a nerve in the pelvis which provides sensory innervation to the skin over the coccyx.

tructure

The anococcygeal nerve arises from a small plexus known as the coccygeal plexus. It pierce the sacrotuberous ligament to supply the skin in the region of the coccyx as well as the sacrococcygeal joint.

ee also

* Coccyx
* Coccydynia (coccyx pain, tailbone pain)
* Ganglion impar
* Sacral plexus

External links

*
* [http://www.emedicine.com/pmr/topic242.htm Coccyx pain, tailbone pain, coccydynia] (Peer-reviewed medical chapter, available free online at eMedicine)


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