Definition of Nervus coccygeus

1. Noun. The lowest pair of spinal nerves.

Exact synonyms: Coccygeal Nerve
Generic synonyms: Nervus Spinalis, Spinal Nerve

Medical Definition of Nervus coccygeus

1. A small nerve, the lowest of the spinal nerves, entering into the formation of the coccygeal plexus. Synonym: nervus coccygeus. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nervus Coccygeus

nervus articularis
nervus auricularis magnus
nervus auricularis posterior
nervus auriculotemporalis
nervus axillaris
nervus buccalis
nervus canalis pterygoidei
nervus cardiacus cervicalis inferior
nervus cardiacus cervicalis medius
nervus cardiacus cervicalis superior
nervus caroticotympanicus
nervus caroticus internus
nervus cervicalis superficialis
nervus ciliaris brevis
nervus ciliaris longus
nervus coccygeus (current term)
nervus cochlearis
nervus communicans fibularis
nervus communicans peroneus
nervus cutaneus
nervus cutaneus antebrachii lateralis
nervus cutaneus antebrachii medialis
nervus cutaneus antebrachii posterior
nervus cutaneus brachii lateralis inferior
nervus cutaneus brachii lateralis superior
nervus cutaneus brachii medialis
nervus cutaneus brachii posterior
nervus cutaneus dorsalis intermedius
nervus cutaneus dorsalis lateralis
nervus cutaneus dorsalis medialis

Literary usage of Nervus coccygeus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Nervous System and Its Constituent Neurones: Designed for the Use of by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1899)
"... L 1-k, first to fifth lumbar nerve: N 1-5, first to fifth sacral nerve; fi, nervus coccygeus; jr. i, filum terminate of the spinal cord. ..."

2. The Practice of surgery by James Gregory Mumford (1914)
"... 1-15, fifth lumbar nerves; S, 1-5, first to fifth TVCS; (i, nervus coccygeus; xx, filum termi- mi the root, marked L to x, corda equina; cus brachialis; ..."

3. The Anatomy of the Central Nervous Organs in Health and Disease by Heinrich Obersteiner (1890)
"103), the region from which the nervus coccygeus springs, the typical formation of the spinal cord is evident. The filum terminale is nothing but a tube of ..."

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