Posterior branch of coccygeal nerve
Posterior branch of 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. | |
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From | coccygeal nerve |
Identifiers | |
Latin | ramus posterior nervi coccygei |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata] |
The posterior division of the coccygeal nerve does not divide into a medial and a lateral branch, but receives a communicating branch from the last sacral; it is distributed to the skin over the back of the coccyx.[1]
References
- ^ Gray, Henry; Lewis, Warren H. (Warren Harmon) (1924). Anatomy of the human body. Philadelphia and New York : Lea & Febiger. p. 931.
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 925 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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