Anococcygeal raphe

Anococcygeal raphe

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Caption = Left Levator ani from within. (Anococcygeal raphe labeled at lower left.)


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The fibers of the Levator ani pass downward and backward to the middle line of the floor of the pelvis; the most posterior are inserted into the side of the last two segments of the coccyx; those placed more anteriorly unite with the muscle of the opposite side, in a median fibrous raphé, the anococcygeal raphé (or anococcygeal ligament), which extends between the coccyx and the margin of the anus.

External links

* [http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/218/3/621/F8A Image at rsnajnls.org]
* [http://www.emedicine.com/pmr/topic242.htm Coccyx pain, tailbone pain, coccydynia] (Peer-reviewed medical chapter, available free online at eMedicine)


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