Coccygeal plexus
The coccygeal plexus is a plexus of nerves near the coccyx bone.
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 |
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.
External links
- Description at uams.edu
- Coccyx pain (tailbone pain, coccydynia) (Peer-reviewed medical chapter, available free online at eMedicine)
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