coccygeal glomus; coccygeal body; Luschka's gland

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Introduction

A glomus body ~ 2.5 mm in diameter in front of, or immediately below, the tip of the coccyx.

More general terms

References

  1. Wikipedia: Coccygeal glomus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccygeal_glomus
  2. Sargon MF et al Fine structure of the human coccygeal body: a light and electron microscopic study. Ann Anat. 1998 Feb;180(1):11-4. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9488900