| 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 |
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| Latin | ramus posterior nervi coccygei |
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| 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.[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)
