The anatomy of the sacrococcygeal cornual region and its clinical relevance

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 207-214

  Woon, Jason T K ^a   Stringer, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coccydynia; Coccyx; Ganglion impar block; Intercornual ligament; Sacral hiatus; Sacrococcygeal joint

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BACK; CADAVER; COCCYGEAL BONE; COCCYGEAL PAIN; COLLAGEN FIBER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCORNUAL LIGAMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LIGAMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROCOCCYGEAL CORNUAL REGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPINE POSITION; YOUNG ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SACRUM; SPINAL NERVE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; COCCYX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SACRUM; SPINAL NERVES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84906350437     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: 1447073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12565-013-0222-x     Document Type: Article

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