Coccygeal plexus

Coccygeal plexus
Nerve: Coccygeal plexus
Plan of sacral and pudendal plexuses.
Latin plexus coccygeus
Gray's subject #213 966
From S4-S5, coccygeal nerve
To anococcygeal nerve

The coccygeal plexus is a plexus of nerves near the coccyx bone.

Structure

This plexus is formed by the fifth sacral nerve (with a contribution from S4) and the coccygeal nerve. It gives rise to the anococcygeal nerve.

See also

External links

v · d · eNerves: spinal nerves (TA A14.2, GA 9.916)
Cervical (8)
Thoracic (12)
Lumbar (5)
Sacral (5)
Coccygeal (1)
anterior (Coccygeal plexus) · posterior (Posterior branch of coccygeal nerve)

M: PNS

anat(h/r/t/c/b/l/s/a)/phys(r)/devp/prot/nttr/nttm/ntrp

noco/auto/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(N1B)
v · d · eNerves of lower limbs and lower torso: the lumbosacral plexus (L1–Co) (TA A14.2.05–07, GA 9.948)
lumbar
plexus
(L1–L4)
sacral
plexus
(L4–S4)
other
coccygeal
plexus
(S4–Co)

M: PNS

anat(h/r/t/c/b/l/s/a)/phys(r)/devp/prot/nttr/nttm/ntrp

noco/auto/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(N1B)

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