Definition

1. Noun:
   • The lowest pair of spinal nerves: The coccygeal nerve is the final pair of spinal nerves, emerging from the very end of the spinal cord near the coccyx (tailbone). It is part of the peripheral nervous system and is involved in sensory and motor functions for a small area of skin around the tailbone.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The coccygeal nerve is the most inferior of all the spinal nerves.
  • Injury to the coccygeal nerve can cause pain in the region of the tailbone.
  • The coccygeal nerve contributes to the sensory innervation of the skin over the coccyx.

Advanced Usage

• "Coccygeal nerve plexus": Refers to the network formed by the coccygeal nerve and the lower sacral nerves.
  • The coccygeal nerve plexus supplies the skin over the coccygeal region.

Variants and Related Words

• Coccygeal (adj): Pertaining to the coccyx or tailbone.
  • Coccygeal pain is often associated with trauma.
• Coccyx (n): The small, triangular bone at the base of the spinal column; the tailbone.
  • He fractured his coccyx in a fall.

Synonyms

• Coccygeal spinal nerve: A more formal anatomical term.
• Nervus coccygeus: The Latin anatomical term.

Related Phrases

(This term is a specific anatomical structure and does not have common phrasal verbs or idioms associated with it.)

Noun

1. the lowest pair of spinal nerves