Coccygeal nerve
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| Nerve: Coccygeal nerve | ||
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| Areas of distribution of the cutaneous branches of the posterior divisions of the spinal nerves. The areas of the medial branches are in black, those of the lateral in red. | ||
| Plan of sacral and pudendal plexuses. (Coccygeal labeled at bottom right.) | ||
| Latin | nervus coccygeus | |
| Gray's | subject #209 925 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | n_05/12565417 | |
The coccygeal nerve is the spinal nerve that corresponds to the coccyx bone.
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The coccygeal nerve is the 31st spinal nerve. It arises from the sacral plexus, and its ventral ramus helps form the coccygeal plexus.
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ventral root - dorsal root - dorsal root ganglion - cauda equina - gray ramus communicans - white ramus communicans posterior divisions: cervical (greater occipital, third occipital) - thoracic - lumbar - sacral - coccygeal anterior divisions: cervical plexus - brachial plexus - thoracic nerves: (intercostal - intercostobrachial - subcostal) - lumbosacral plexus | |
