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Anococcygeal nerve
Nerve in the pelvis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The anococcygeal nerve is a sensory nerve of the pelvis[1] that arises from the coccygeal plexus.[2] It pierces the coccygeus muscle and the sacrotuberous ligament to supply a small area of skin between the coccyx and anus,[3] as well as the sacrococcygeal joint.[citation needed] The number of anococcygeal nerves varies between one and three.[4]
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Anococcygeal nerve | |
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![]() Plan of sacral and pudendal plexuses (anococcygeal nerve not labeled, but visible at bottom right) | |
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From | Coccygeal plexus |
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Latin | nervus anococcygeus |
TA98 | A14.2.07.045 |
TA2 | 6599 |
FMA | 19038 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
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