Coccygeal plexus

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Coccygeal plexus
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Plan of sacral and pudendal plexuses.
Details
From S4-S5, coccygeal nerve
To anococcygeal nerve
Identifiers
Latin plexus coccygeus
TA98 A14.2.07.044
TA2 6598
FMA 45356
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The coccygeal plexus is a small nervous plexus upon the pelvic (anterior) surface of the coccygeus muscle. [1]

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This plexus is formed by the ventral rami of the fourth and fifth sacral nerves (S4-S5), and the ventral ramus of the coccygeal nerve (Co). The relative contributions of S4 and S5 are minor and major, respectively. The coccygeal plexus gives rise to the anococcygeal nerve. [2]

The coccygeal plexus is distributed to the coccygeus muscle, part of the levator ani muscle, the sacrococcygeal symphysis, and (via the anococcygeal nerve) a small area of skin between the tip of the coccyx, and the anus. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Moore, Keith L.; Dalley, Arthur F.; Agur, Anne M. R. (2017). Essential Clinical Anatomy. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 586. ISBN   978-1496347213.
  2. ↑ Wooten, Candace (2015). "Anatomy of the Coccygeal Plexus". Nerves and Nerve Injuries. Elsevier. doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-410390-0.00051-2. ISBN   978-0-12-410390-0.


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