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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 [[ |
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 [[raphe]], the '''anococcygeal body''' (or '''anococcygeal ligament''', or '''anococcygeal raphé'''), which extends between the coccyx and the margin of the [[anus]]. |
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Revision as of 13:44, 21 March 2011
| Anococcygeal body | |
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 Left Levator ani from within. (Anococcygeal raphe labeled at lower left.) | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | corpus anococcygeum, ligamentum anococcygeum |
| TA98 | A04.5.04.016 |
| TA2 | 2399 |
| FMA | 20273 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
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 raphe, the anococcygeal body (or anococcygeal ligament, or anococcygeal raphé), which extends between the coccyx and the margin of the anus.
See also
External links
- Image at rsnajnls.org
- Coccyx pain, tailbone pain, coccydynia (Peer-reviewed medical chapter, available free online at eMedicine)
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 423 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)