Coccygeal plexus
| Nerve: Coccygeal plexus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Plan of sacral and pudendal plexuses. | |
| Latin | plexus coccygeus |
| Gray's | subject #213 966 |
| From | S4-S5, coccygeal nerve |
| To | anococcygeal nerve |
| Dorlands / Elsevier |
p_24/12647748 |
The coccygeal plexus is a plexus of nerves near the coccyx bone.
Structure
This plexus is formed by the fifth sacral nerve (with a contribution from S4) and the coccygeal nerve. It gives rise to the anococcygeal nerve.
See also
External links
- Coccygeal+plexus at eMedicine Dictionary
- Description at uams.edu
- Coccyx pain (tailbone pain, coccydynia) (Peer-reviewed medical chapter, available free online at eMedicine)
Nerves: spinal nerves | |
|---|---|
| Cervical (8) | C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8
anterior (Cervical plexus, Brachial plexus) - posterior (Posterior branches of cervical nerves, Suboccipital - C1, Greater occipital - C2, Third occipital - C3) |
| Thoracic (12) | T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12
anterior (Intercostal, Intercostobrachial - T2, Thoraco-abdominal nerves - T7-T11, Subcostal - T12) - posterior (Posterior branches of thoracic nerves) |
| Lumbar (5) | L1, L2, L3, L4, L5
anterior (Lumbar plexus, Lumbosacral trunk) - posterior (Posterior branches of the lumbar nerves, Superior cluneal L1-L3) |
| Sacral (5) | S1, S2, S3, S4, S5
anterior (Sacral plexus) - posterior (Posterior branches of sacral nerves, Medial cluneal nerves) |
| Coccygeal (1) | anterior (Coccygeal plexus) - posterior (Posterior branch of coccygeal nerve) |
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