Coccygeal glomus

Coccygeal glomus
Coccygeal glomus
	Section of an irregular nodule of the glomus coccygeum. X 85. The section shows the fibrous covering of the nodule, the bloodvessels within it, and the epithelial cells of which it is constituted.
Details
Artery	Median sacral artery
Identifiers
Latin	glomus coccygeum
TA98	A12.2.12.011
TA2	3890
FMA	15649
	Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The coccygeal glomus (coccygeal gland or body; Luschka’s gland) is a vestigial structure^[1] placed in front of, or immediately below, the tip of the coccyx.

^ Rahemtullah A, Szyfelbein K, Zembowicz A (2005). "Glomus coccygeum: report of a case and review of the literature". Am J Dermatopathol. 27 (6): 497–9. doi:10.1097/01.dad.0000149079.70872.a7. PMID 16314705. S2CID 32243951.

[1] Rahemtullah A, Szyfelbein K, Zembowicz A (2005). "Glomus coccygeum: report of a case and review of the literature". Am J Dermatopathol. 27 (6): 497–9. doi:10.1097/01.dad.0000149079.70872.a7. PMID 16314705. S2CID 32243951.

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