| 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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| Latin | ramus posterior nervi coccygei |
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coccygeal nerve |
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| Gray's | p.925 |
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r_02/12691691 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
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.
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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