Anococcygeal nerve

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Anococcygeal nerve
Plan of sacral and pudendal plexuses (anococcygeal nerve not labeled, but visible at bottom right)
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FromCoccygeal plexus
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Latinnervus anococcygeus
TA98A14.2.07.045
TA26599
FMA19038
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

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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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Moore, Keith L.; Dalley, Arthur F.; Agur, Anne M. R. (2017). Essential Clinical Anatomy. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 586. ISBN 978-1496347213.
  4. ^ Stringer, Woon JT (2014). "Redefining the coccygeal plexus". Clinical Anatomy. 27 (2): 254–60. doi:10.1002/ca.22242. PMID 23554024. S2CID 37424571.

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