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Definition of Plexus coccygeus
1. Noun. A small plexus formed by the fifth sacral and coccygeal nerves.
Medical Definition of Plexus coccygeus
1. A small plexus formed by the fifth sacral and the coccygeal nerves; it gives origin to the anococcygeal nerves. Synonym: plexus coccygeus. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plexus Coccygeus
Literary usage of Plexus 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)
"... the latter being further subdivisible into («) the plexus pudendas find (k)
the plexus coccygeus. The plexus lumbalis is composed of the ventral rami ..."
2. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Branches of the Plexus pudendus and plexus coccygeus Nerves Muscles Movements A'n.
... plexus coccygeus. ..."
3. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"plexus coccygeus.—The coccygeal plexus is a small, looped plexus. It is formed
by the lower branch of the fourth sacral nerve, the fifth sacral nerve, ..."
4. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"plexus coccygeus.—The coccygeal plexus is a small, looped plexus. It is formed
by the lower branch of the fourth sacral nerve, the fifth sacral nerve, ..."