Posterior branch of coccygeal nerve

Posterior branch of coccygeal nerve

Infobox Nerve
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Latin = ramus posterior nervi coccygei
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Caption = 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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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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