Anococcygeal nerve
The anococcygeal nerve is a nerve in the pelvis which provides sensory innervation to the skin over the coccyx.[1] The number of anococcygeal nerves vary between one and three.[2]
| Anococcygeal nerve | |
|---|---|
 Plan of sacral and pudendal plexuses (anococcygeal nerve not labeled, but visible at bottom right) | |
| Details | |
| From | Coccygeal plexus |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | Nervus anococcygeus |
| TA98 | A14.2.07.045 |
| TA2 | 6599 |
| FMA | 19038 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
Structure
The anococcygeal nerve arises from the coccygeal plexus.[3] It pierces the sacrotuberous ligament to supply the skin in the region of the coccyx as well as the sacrococcygeal joint.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 968 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- Jang, HS; Cho, KH; Chang, H; Jin, ZW; Rodriguez-Vazquez, JF; Murakami, G (2015). "The Filum Terminale Revisited: A Histological Study in Human Fetuses". Pediatric Neurosurgery. 51 (1): 9–19. doi:10.1159/000439284. PMID 26595116. S2CID 10812828.
- Stringer, Woon JT (2014). "Redefining the coccygeal plexus". Clinical Anatomy. 27 (2): 254–60. doi:10.1002/ca.22242. PMID 23554024. S2CID 37424571.
- Wooten, Candace (2015-01-01), Tubbs, R. Shane; Rizk, Elias; Shoja, Mohammadali M.; Loukas, Marios (eds.), "Chapter 49 - Anatomy of the Coccygeal Plexus", Nerves and Nerve Injuries, San Diego: Academic Press, pp. 659–661, doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-410390-0.00051-2, ISBN 978-0-12-410390-0, retrieved 2021-02-08
External links
- Coccyx pain, tailbone pain, coccydynia (Peer-reviewed medical chapter, available free online at eMedicine)
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